Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Ride the Tide

 CAPTAIN SAMS


The tide is slowly creeping higher at the station, and with that brought us some lovely sea life viewing this morning! After opening nets, we watched a bottlenose dolphin surface along the inlet, and a shuffling bluntnose stingray along the shore. The heat and humidity gave us a break today, but higher winds than yesterday resulted in closing two of our nets early. 

Our station brought in a total of 26 new birds with 6 recaps, which included American redstart, red-eyed vireo, and our FOS ovenbird! We had a slow but consistent pace to the day as I acquainted myself with the trails in addition to many of the bird species here. I may be a birder from the East coast, and this is not my first time on Kiawah Island, but there is much that I am excited to learn about how the songbirds here go through their molt as the fall approaches.

American Redstart (after hatch year, male)


LITTLE BEAR

We finished setting our nets up this afternoon! Stay tuned to see what tomorrow brings on Little Bear's first day of the 2024 season! 

-Lisa Viviano


Note:  All banding, marking, and sampling is being conducted under a federally authorized Bird Banding Permit issued by the U.S. Geological Survey’s BBL
  Species  Captain SamsLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps
Red-eyed Vireo
1---
Ovenbird
1---
Northern Waterthrush
10---
Black-and-white Warbler
21--
American Redstart
4---
Prairie Warbler
3---
Painted Bunting
55--

Today's Banding StatsCaptain SamsLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
26
-
26
# of Recaptures
6
-
6
# of Species
7
-
7
Effort (net-hours)
145.3
-
145.3
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
22
-
22
# of Nets
32
-
32

2024 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats Captain SamsLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
168
-
168
# of Recaptures
61
-
61
# of Species
24
-
24
Effort (net-hours)
1,062.6
-
1,062.6
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
15.8
-
15.8
# of Days6-6

Banding Staff

Aaron Given
Michael Gamble
Kristin Attinger (CS)
Natalie Miller (CS)
Lisa Viviano (CS)
Noah Nei (CS)