CAPTAIN SAMS
We captured 14 new birds and 9 recaptures of 13 different species. The remnants of Hurricane Francine that struck Louisiana on Wednesday is pushing through the area, preventing most birds from migrating. This has led to many slow days and allowed us to repair nets while we wait for the next push of migrants. After this system moves out of the area, we should see a high volume of songbirds that were held up during these storms. An interesting recapture today was this brown thrasher that was banded as an after hatch year on 8/15/2021, making it at least four years old.
Brown Thrasher (after hatch year, male) |
-Michael
LITTLE BEAR
If you've been keeping up with our blog entries, you'll know that yesterday Little Bear caught 24 birds. Well today was no different! We caught 24 birds (16 new and 8 recaptures). It's almost like deja vu! However, our day did differ in the species we caught. Today we captured our 3rd green heron of the season! We were able to discern that this individual was an adult from several different features. Take a look at the pictures below to learn more!
Species | Captain Sams | Little Bear | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
New | Recaps | New | Recaps | |
Green Heron | - | - | 1 | - |
Traill's Flycatcher | 1 | - | - | - |
White-eyed Vireo | - | 1 | 1 | - |
Carolina Chickadee | - | 1 | - | - |
Carolina Wren | - | - | 1 | - |
Brown Thrasher | - | 1 | - | - |
Ovenbird | - | 2 | - | - |
Northern Waterthrush | 2 | - | 1 | - |
Black-and-white Warbler | 1 | - | - | - |
Prothonotary Warbler | - | - | 1 | - |
Common Yellowthroat | 5 | - | 3 | 2 |
American Redstart | 2 | - | - | - |
Yellow Warbler | 1 | - | 2 | - |
Prairie Warbler | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
Northern Cardinal | - | 1 | 2 | - |
Painted Bunting | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
Today's Banding Stats | Captain Sams | Little Bear | TOTAL |
---|---|---|---|
# Birds Banded | 14 | 16 | 30 |
# of Recaptures | 9 | 8 | 17 |
# of Species | 13 | 10 | 16 |
Effort (net-hours) | 181.3 | 110.7 | 292.0 |
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) | 12.7 | 21.7 | 16.1 |
# of Nets | 32 | 26 | 58 |
2024 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats | Captain Sams | Little Bear | TOTAL |
---|---|---|---|
# Birds Banded | 827 | 657 | 1,484 |
# of Recaptures | 253 | 186 | 439 |
# of Species | 37 | 43 | 52 |
Effort (net-hours) | 4,411.0 | 2,299.4 | 6,710.4 |
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours) | 24.5 | 36.7 | 28.7 |
# of Days | 28 | 21 | - |
Banding Staff
Aaron Given