Captain Sams:
We had a nice day out at the split today. The tide was the highest one I had seen at Captain Sams, with water almost reaching the banding table. We ended the day with 24 birds including 4 recaptures. All 4 recaptures were adults that were processed at least a year ago. An Orange-crowned Warbler that was banded last year as a first year bird made it here again this year. Another cool recaptured individual was a two-year-old Myrtle Warbler. She was at first banded on November 2nd as a hatch year bird and she found her way to our net once again this year!
Newly captured birds today were mainly made up by Ruby-crowned Kinglets. It was exciting that Matt finally got the chance to band a new Brown Thrasher after two and a half month here. It was also a nice looking adult bird with truncate tips on tail feathers and a complete skull as well.
-Wentao
Little Bear:
We had a productive day today at our beloved Little Bear, with a grand total of 44 birds. We began our day out in the marsh, setting up nets during high tide to try our luck with some marsh birds. To our surprise, not only did we capture two Saltmarsh Sparrows, but also a Marsh Wren! We saw three sneaky Clapper Rails running about, and hopefully they'll visit our nets soon. How wonderful would that be!
We were delighted to capture a new Eastern Towhee, a male Black-throated Blue Warbler, two sassy and snappy Eastern Phoebes, and five Ruby-crowned Kinglets! And, as I must mention, we had lots of Gray Catbirds.
-Brittany
"Meows filled the air as we traversed Little Bear."
- Natalie Miller, 2023
| Species | Captain Sams | Little Bear | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
Eastern Phoebe | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| White-eyed Vireo | - | - | - | 1 |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 8 | 1 | 5 | - |
House Wren | - | - | 1 | 2 |
Marsh Wren | - | - | 1 | - |
Gray Catbird | 3 | - | 7 | 12 |
Brown Thrasher | 1 | - | - | - |
Northern Mockingbird | 1 | - | - | - |
Saltmarsh Sparrow | 1 | - | 2 | - |
Song Sparrow | - | 1 | - | - |
Eastern Towhee | - | - | 1 | - |
Orange-crowned Warbler | - | 1 | - | - |
Common Yellowthroat | - | - | 1 | - |
Black-throated Blue Warbler | - | - | 1 | - |
Yellow-rumped Warbler | 4 | 1 | 3 | - |
Northern Cardinal | - | - | - | 2 |
Painted Bunting | 1 | - | 3 | - |
| Today's Banding Stats | Captain Sams | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded | 20 | 27 | 47 |
| # of Recaptures | 4 | 17 | 21 |
| # of Species | 10 | 9 | 17 |
| Effort (net-hours) | 141.5 | 105 | 246.5 |
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) | 17 | 41.9 | 29.5 |
| # of Nets | 32 | 25 | 57 |
| 2023 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats | Captain Sams | Little Bear | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| # Birds Banded | 3764 | 2906 | 6670 |
| # of Recaptures | 889 | 574 | 1463 |
| # of Species | 76 | 81 | 91 |
| Effort (net-hours) | 11954.85 | 7379.6 | 19334.45 |
| Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) | 38.9 | 47.2 | 43.1 |
| # of Days | 73 | 62 | - |
Banding Staff
Aaron Given (CS)