Late American Redstart

CAPTAIN SAMS

Today, we captured 32 new birds and had 10 recaptures of 13 different species. A cold front brought the coldest temperatures we have experienced all season along with the sound of American Goldfinches and American Pipits flying over. The highlights of the day were a late American Redstart and our fourth Blue-headed Vireo. Most American Redstarts migrated through in September and early October. The last redstart we banded was on October 17, so this individual is running a little late.  

American Redstart (hatch-year, male)

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

-Michael

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Eastern Phoebe	1	-	-	-
Blue-headed Vireo	1	-	-	-
Carolina Chickadee	-	1	-	-
Golden-crowned Kinglet	1	-	-	-
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	2	1	-	-
Gray Catbird	-	1	-	-
Hermit Thrush	-	1	-	-
White-throated Sparrow	2	-	-	-
Swamp Sparrow	1	-	-	-
Orange-crowned Warbler	1	1	-	-
American Redstart	1	-	-	-
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)	22	4	-	-
Northern Cardinal	-	1	-	-

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	32	-	-
# of Recaptures	10	-	-
# of Species	13	-	-
Effort (net-hours)	194.7	-	-
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	21.6	-	-
# of Nets	32	-	-

2024 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	5,496	3,345	8,841
# of Recaptures	1,358	941	2,299
# of Species	88	87	102
Effort (net-hours)	15,825.1	9,541.6	25,366.7
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	43.3	44.9	43.9
# of Days	96	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.