The First of Us

 CAPTAIN SAMS

Today was the first day for the banding assistants out at Kiawah! We caught 4 new birds and 13 recaptures today for a total of 17 birds. Of these birds there were 8 different species including the first of season downy woodpecker and hooded warbler. The hooded warbler was a nice hatch-year male and was a fun addition to a rather warbler-less day. In addition to the hooded warbler we also caught a new black-throated blue warbler. Unlike the individual captured a few days ago this one was not part of the Appalachian subspecies. It is always nice to see some earlier migrants in the beginning of the season!

Unfortunately the mosquitos are still quite prevalent out at the station, but the winds were slightly higher today and gave us a bit of a reprieve at times. We are excited to see what birds we catch as the season progresses!

Hooded Warbler (hatch year, male)

- Natalie

LITTLE BEAR

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
Downy Woodpecker	-	1	-	-
Carolina Chickadee	-	2	-	-
Brown Thrasher	-	1	-	-
Northern Waterthrush	-	1	-	-
Hooded Warbler	1	-	-	-
Black-throated Blue Warbler	1	-	-	-
Northern Cardinal	-	1	-	-
Painted Bunting	1	7	-	-

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	4	-	4
# of Recaptures	13	-	13
# of Species	8	-	8
Effort (net-hours)	172.8	-	172.8
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	9.8	-	9.8
# of Nets	32	-	32

2024 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	88	-	88
# of Recaptures	42	-	42
# of Species	18	-	18
Effort (net-hours)	649.4	-	649.4
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	20.0	-	20.0
# of Days	4	-	-

Banding Staff

Aaron Given (CS)

Natalie Miller (CS)

Noah Nei (CS)

Lisa Viviano (CS)