Sunday, September 1, 2024

Sun, Sun, Go Away, Come Again Another Day

 CAPTAIN SAMS

Today was another hot slow day out at Captain Sams. We only caught 18 birds, 13 new and 5 recaptures. The two highlights of the day were a brand new Brown Thrasher and a beautiful adult male Prothonotary Warbler. Unfortunately the southern winds this morning prevented us from catching more birds. The wind will be changing this week and will bring with it some rain. Hopefully this pushes down some migrants!

Prothonotary Warbler (After hatch year, Male)


LITTLE BEAR

Today was a little better with a total of 30 birds captured, out of those 30, 20 of them were newly banded. We captured most of our birds during our first net run, bringing in some migrants as well. We haven't captured many Redstarts this season at LB so, to see 4 of them today, was a treat!

The weather hasn't been super fun to work with this weekend but everyone is enjoying the birds we do capture. We have been seeing another heron hanging around the station since the last one was captured. Maybe this week could be that another new heron that might find our nets!


-Kristin 

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
Traill's Flycatcher
--1-
Red-eyed Vireo
3-3-
Carolina Wren
---1
Brown Thrasher
1---
Northern Mockingbird
---1
Ovenbird
11--
Northern Waterthrush
--1-
Prothonotary Warbler
1---
Common Yellowthroat
1-1-
American Redstart
--4-
Yellow Warbler
--3-
Prairie Warbler
1-2-
Northern Cardinal
1112
Painted Bunting
4346



Today's Banding StatsCaptain SamsLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
13
20
33
# of Recaptures
5
9
14
# of Species
8
11
14
Effort (net-hours)
137.6
106.5
244.1
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
13.1
27.2
19.6
# of Nets
32
26
-

2024 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats Captain SamsLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
312
229
541
# of Recaptures
147
96
243
# of Species
28
30
40
Effort (net-hours)
2,727.20
1,197.50
3,924.7
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
16.8
27.2
20.0
# of Days1811-

Banding Staff

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