At "Least" It wasn't a Bad Day

 CAPTAIN SAMS

Today things remained fairly consistent at Captain Sams, but numbers are still low. We captured 29 new birds and recaptured 11 for a total of 40. Hopefully tomorrow the trend of slower days will change. As winds are beginning to shift migratory conditions look favorable for tomorrow and the rest of this week (as long as nothing in the forecast changes). We expect another large push of Common Yellowthroats this week. We are expecting one more large push of Yellowthroats before their numbers will start to taper off and be replaced by Gray Catbirds. We are also holding out for more neotropical migrant numbers to increase, like Black-throated Blue Warblers, and are also expecting Palm Warbler numbers to start to pick up.

-Noah Nei

LITTLE BEAR

Today was a little bit of a busier day. We ended our day with a total of 52 birds, 38 newly banded birds and 14 recaptures. A new species for little bear was added today for the season, a Least Flycatcher. I was holding out on catching one soon and today was our day. We had a little push of Common Yellowthroats today and I am thinking our next big push will be our Gray Catbirds. I am ready to hear the calls of the marsh cats out at Little Bear. I am hoping tomorrow will pick up a little bit and get everyone ready for that first fun push of birds

-Kristin 

Species	Captain Sams		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Least Flycatcher	-	-	1	-
White-eyed Vireo	-	2	1	-
Red-eyed Vireo	2	-	-	-
Carolina Chickadee	-	-	-	1
Carolina Wren	-	1	-	-
Gray Catbird	1	-	-	-
Brown Thrasher	-	1	-	-
Veery	-	-	1	-
Eastern Towhee	-	-	-	1
Common Yellowthroat	17	3	22	1
American Redstart	-	-	1	-
Northern Parula	-	1	-	-
Yellow Warbler	1	-	1	-
Black-throated Blue Warbler	-	1	-	-
Palm Warbler (western)	6	-	2	-
Prairie Warbler	1	1	-	-
Northern Cardinal	-	-	-	-
Painted Bunting	1	1	8	11

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	29	38	67
# of Recaptures	11	14	25
# of Species	12	11	18
Effort (net-hours)	166.4	100	266.4
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	24.0	52	34.5
# of Nets	32	25	57

2024 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	1,919	1,264	3,183
# of Recaptures	516	372	888
# of Species	55	54	68
Effort (net-hours)	7,154.1	4,113.1	11,267.2
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	34.0	39.8	36.1
# of Days	45	37

Banding Staff

Aaron Given (CS)

Kristin Attinger (LB)

Natalie Miller (CS)

Lisa Viviano (LB)

Noah Nei (CS)

Peg Ackerson (CS)

Andy Theidi (CS)

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