FOS Clay-colored Sparrow

 CAPTAIN SAMS

It was another hot day at Captain Sams with little migration activity. We managed to catch 21 new birds and 6 recaptures. The bulk of our catch continue to be wintering Yellow-rumped Warblers. Their calls can be heard frequently throughout the day whether we are at the banding table or walking between nets during our net checks. In the last few days we have recaptured multiple Yellow-rumped Warblers that were banded at Captain Sams in previous years. One of which was banded all the way back on November 14th of 2021 as a hatch year female. That would now make this individual a four year old female that has returned back to Kiawah Island for the winter! One of the most interesting aspects of banding is getting lucky enough to recapture birds like this.

-Noah Nei

LITTLE BEAR

Today was a slow but high diversity day at Little Bear. We caught 33 individuals of 11 different species, the highlights of which being a Winter Wren and our first Clay-colored Sparrow of the season! Winter Wrens are an uncommon catch for both stations. They often occur more inland, and the ones that do pass through here are just small and crafty enough to slip through our nets. Clay-colored Sparrows are a bit more frequent of an occurrence; Historically, KIBS has caught one or two each fall season. We have had a good season for species diversity so far, as the season wraps up we hope to get a few more!

Clay-colored Sparrow (Hatch Year, unknown sex)

-Lisa Viviano

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	-	-	1	-
Winter Wren	-	-	1	-
House Wren	-	-	1	1
Carolina Wren	-	-	-	2
Gray Catbird	2	5	-	7
Hermit Thrush	1	-	-	-
Clay-colored Sparrow	-	-	1	-
Song Sparrow	-	-	2	-
Swamp Sparrow	-	-	5	2
Common Yellowthroat	1	-	-	-
Orange-crowned Warbler	-	-	1	-
Yellow-rumped Warbler (myrtle)	16	1	7	-
Palm Warbler (western)	1	-	-	-
Indigo Bunting	-	-	1	-
Painted Bunting	-	-	-	1

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	21	20	41
# of Recaptures	6	13	19
# of Species	5	11	60
Effort (net-hours)	168.0	114.55	282.55
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	16.1	28.8	21.2
# of Nets	32	26	58

2024 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	4,799	3,099	7,898
# of Recaptures	1,043	865	1,908
# of Species	85	84	101
Effort (net-hours)	12,644.7	8,028.7	20,673.4
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	46.2	49.4	47.4
# of Days	77	67

Banding Staff

Michael Gamble (CS)

Kristin Attinger (LB)

Lisa Viviano (LB)

Noah Nei (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.