Captain Sams:
Little Bear:
Today was a slow but exciting day out at Little Bear! We started the day strong by heading out to the ocean and setting up some nets to do some marsh sparrow banding! To our delight we managed to snag an adorable little Saltmarsh Sparrow, which is the 2nd for Little Bear this season!
In fact, today was what one could call a sparrow bonanza! In addition to the saltmarsh sparrow we also caught a White-crowned sparrow, a Savannah sparrow, a Song sparrow, a recaptured Swamp sparrow, and not one but two Eastern Towhees! To our surprise, one of these towhees was a male that was banded all the way back in 2021! It is great to see him again, and we hope he continues to have a great life!
We are excited to see what birds come with the upcoming cold front on Halloween! Until then, we will enjoy our time with the birds that are here.
-Natalie
Species | Captain Sams | Little Bear | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
Eastern Wood-pewee | 1 | - | - | - |
White-eyed Vireo | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 10 | - | 1 | - |
House Wren | 1 | 1 | 2 | - |
Carolina Wren | - | - | - | 1 |
Gray Catbird | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
Hermit Thrush | 1 | - | - | - |
White-crowned Sparrow | - | - | 1 | - |
Saltmarsh Sparrow | - | - | 1 | - |
Savannah Sparrow | - | - | 1 | - |
Song Sparrow | - | - | 1 | - |
Swamp Sparrow | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Eastern Towhee | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Ovenbird | - | - | 1 | - |
Orange-crowned Warbler | - | - | 1 | - |
American Redstart | - | 1 | - | - |
Myrtle Warbler | 8 | - | 3 | - |
Northern Cardinal | 1 | - | - | - |
Painted Bunting | 1 | - | 1 | - |
Today's Banding Stats | Captain Sams | Little Bear | TOTAL |
---|---|---|---|
# Birds Banded | 29 | 18 | 47 |
# of Recaptures | 4 | 16 | 20 |
# of Species | 11 | 15 | 19 |
Effort (net-hours) | 147.4 | 105 | 252.4 |
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) | 22.4 | 32.4 | 26.5 |
# of Nets | 32 | 25 | 57 |
2023 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats | Captain Sams | Little Bear | TOTAL |
---|---|---|---|
# Birds Banded | 3744 | 2879 | 6623 |
# of Recaptures | 885 | 557 | 1442 |
# of Species | 76 | 81 | 91 |
Effort (net-hours) | 11,835.75 | 7274.6 | 19,110.35 |
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) | 39.1 | 47.2 | 42.2 |
# of Days | 72 | 61 | - |
Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)