Until Next Time (Mostly) Painted Bunting

 CAPTAIN SAMS

We captured 15 new birds and 31 recaptures of 13 different species. The slow days should continue until after Hurricane Helene passes to the west of us. We have caught more recently molted adult male Painted Buntings (below), which is an indication that most adult Painted Buntings have migrated or are migrating soon. There are some adults that will winter along the east coast but most migrate to southern Florida or the Caribbean. 

Painted Bunting (after hatch year, male)

-Michael

LITTLE BEAR

It has been a nice 2 days off and finally getting back out to Little Bear was my most excitement of the day. We ended with a total 35 birds with 20 newly banded and 15 recaptures. Our highlight species of the day, to me, was a Tufted Titmouse. We don't typically catch more than a few for the season or even on another day and this was my lucky day. 
With these slower days, this allows me to work on some of my nets and be ready for our next cold front that might be coming in at the end of next week.
-Kristin

Species	Captain Sams		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Traill's Flycatcher	-	-	1	-
White-eyed Vireo	-	2	-	-
Red-eyed Vireo	2	-	-	-
Carolina Wren	1	-	-	-
Tufted Titmouse	-	-	1	-
Brown Thrasher	-	1	-	-
Eastern Towhee	-	-	-	1
Ovenbird	-	1	1	-
Black-and-white Warbler	-	1	-	-
Common Yellowthroat	2	17	13	4
American Redstart	-	1	1	-
Northern Parula	1	-	-	-
Black-throated Blue Warbler	1	-	-	-
Palm Warbler (western subspecies)	2	2	1	-
Prairie Warbler	2	-	-	1
Northern Cardinal	-	-	-	1
Painted Bunting	4	6	2	8

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	15	20	35
# of Recaptures	31	15	46
# of Species	13	10	17
Effort (net-hours)	168.6	124.8	293.4
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	27.3	28.0	27.6
# of Nets	32	26	58

2024 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	1,835	1,188	3,023
# of Recaptures	464	320	784
# of Species	54	53	67
Effort (net-hours)	6,537.0	3,715.1	10,252.1
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	35.2	40.6	37.1
# of Days	41	33

Banding Staff

Aaron Given (LB)

Michael Gamble (CS)

Kristin Attinger (LB)

Lisa Viviano (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.