FOS Chuck-will's-widow

 CAPTAIN SAMS

We captured 21 new birds and 6 recaptures of 11 different species. Although it was a hot day with south winds overnight, we did have some new migrants arrive at the Spit compared to the last few days. This mainly included early migrants, like American redstarts and northern waterthrushes. It looks like we will get rain and cooler weather late next week, which hopefully will bring our first big push of migrants.

-Michael

LITTLE BEAR

Today was not a bad day. We ended our day with a total of 26 birds with 20 newly banded birds and on top of that we added 3 new species to LB for the season! We captured, what I'd say would be the best bird for the day, a chuck-will's-widow (first-of-season). Our second best bird, which would be a first for Natalie and maybe her best bird of the day, was a yellow-throated warbler. Last, our third new species was a yellow warbler. All three of these species was a treat to catch on such a slow day we have been having. 

Below are a few photos that were captured from today. Unfortunately, the yellow-throated warbler was not very cooperative to get a great photo but enjoy the chuck-will's-widow and yellow warbler!

Chuck-will's-widow (hatch year, sex unknown)

Yellow Warbler (after hatch year, male)

-Kristin

Note:  All banding, marking, and sampling is being conducted under a federally authorized Bird Banding Permit issued by the U.S. Geological Survey’s BBL

Species	Captain Sams		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Chuck-will's-widow Downy Woodpecker	- 1	- -	1 -	- -
Traill's Flycatcher	1	-	1	-
Red-eyed Vireo	2	-	2	-
Carolina Chickadee	-	-	-	2
Carolina Wren	-	-	-	1
House Finch	2	-	-	-
Ovenbird	-	1	-	-
Northern Waterthrush	6	-	5	-
Common Yellowthroat	2	1	1	-
American Redstart	3	-	-	-
Yellow Warbler	-	-	1	-
Yellow-throated Warbler	-	-	1	-
Prairie Warbler	2	-	3	-
Northern Cardinal	-	1	1	-
Painted Bunting	2	3	4	3

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	21	20	41
# of Recaptures	6	6	12
# of Species	11	12	19
Effort (net-hours)	153.6	89.3	242.9
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	17.6	29.1	21.8
# of Nets	32	26	58

2024 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	299	209	508
# of Recaptures	142	87	229
# of Species	28	30	40
Effort (net-hours)	2,607.2	1,098.20	3,705.4
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	16.9	27.0	19.9
# of Days	17	10	-

Banding Staff

Michael Gamble (CS)

Kristin Attinger (LB)

Natalie Miller (LB)

Nancy Raginski (CS)