Grasshopper Sparrow (First-of-the-Season)

 CAPTAIN SAMS

It was a cold and blustery morning with temperatures dipping into the mid 40s.  We caught less birds than yesterday which is not too surprising given the wind today but still had 26 new birds and 11 recaptures of 13 species. 

Our wintering Ovenbird made a showing today.  This bird was originally banded on 9/4/2022 and ended up spending winters of 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 out on the spit. We first recaptured this bird back on 6 October but haven't caught it again until today.  I was getting worried that something might have happened to it but was happy to see that it was still alive and well.  

We also banded a Grasshopper Sparrow today which was the first (and probably the only) one of the season.  This is only the 4th one ever banded at KIBS with the last ones banded in 2013, 2014, and 2018.  

Grasshopper Sparrow (hatch-year, sex unknown)

  -Aaron

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Golden-crowned Kinglet	-	1	-	-
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	5	2	-	-
House Wren	1	1	-	-
Gray Catbird	-	2	-	-
Hermit Thrush	-	1	-	-
Grasshopper Sparrow	1	-	-	-
White-throated Sparrow	1	-	-	-
Savannah Sparrow	1	-	-	-
Song Sparrow	2	-	-	-
Ovenbird	-	1	-	-
Orange-crowned Warbler	1	-	-	-
Palm Warbler (Western)	1	-	-	-
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)	13	3	-	-

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	26	-	-
# of Recaptures	11	-	-
# of Species	13	-	-
Effort (net-hours)	181.3	-	-
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	20.4	-	-
# of Nets	32	-	-

2024 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	5,522	3,345	8,867
# of Recaptures	1,369	941	2,310
# of Species	89	87	103
Effort (net-hours)	16,006.4	9,541.6	25,548.0
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	43.1	44.9	43.7
# of Days	97	80

Banding Staff

Aaron Given (CS)

Michael Gamble (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.