Saturday, November 2, 2024

Blue-headed Vireo in The House

 CAPTAIN SAMS

We had a minor cold front that mostly dissipated before reaching the southeast, but it did bring in a handful of new birds. We captured 40 new birds and 7 recaptures of 12 different species. Highlights were a late Ovenbird and a first-of-season for Captain Sam's Blue-headed Vireo. 

Blue-headed Vireo (hatch-year, unknown sex)


- Michael


LITTLE BEAR

Today was a warm and sunny day out at Little Bear. We captured a total of 37 birds (30 new and 7 recaptures). We got many of the usual November characters, including 17 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglets, and 3 new Gray Catbirds. Notably we didn't catch any non-wintering migrant birds. This has been a recent trend and will continue to be a trend throughout the rest of the season as winter creeps ever closer.


We also got our first of the season House Finch today! Captain Sams has already caught a few of them so it was finally Little Bear's turn to get one. This individual was a nice looking hatch-year male. Male House Finches have the characteristic red feathers in the face, upper-breast and rump whereas females lack this feature. 


House Finch (hatch-year, male)


I am excited to see what other birds we catch as the end of the season draws near!


- Natalie





  SpeciesCaptain Sam'sLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps
White-eyed Vireo
1---
Blue-headed Vireo
1---
Carolina Chickadee
---1
Golden-crowned Kinglet
2---
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
6-3-
Carolina Wren
-111
Gray Catbird
-134
House Finch
--1-
Song Sparrow1---
Swamp Sparrow-111
Ovenbird1---
Orange-crowned Warbler2---
Palm Warbler (western)--1-
Yellow-rumped Warbler (myrtle)262--
Northern Cardinal-2--
Painted Bunting--2-



Today's Banding StatsCaptain SamsLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
40
30
70
# of Recaptures
7
7
14
# of Species
12
9
16
Effort (net-hours)
163.2
124.8
288
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
28.8
29.65
29.2
# of Nets
32
26
58

2024 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats Captain SamsLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
4,839
3,129
7,968
# of Recaptures
1,050
872
1,922
# of Species
86
85
101
Effort (net-hours)
12,807.9
8,152.45
20,960.35
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
46.0
49.1
45.9
# of Days7868



Banding Staff

Michael Gamble (CS)
Kristin Attinger (LB)
Natalie Miller (LB)
Nancy Raginski (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.

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