Blue-headed Vireo in The House

 CAPTAIN SAMS

We had a minor cold front that mostly dissipated before reaching the southeast, but it did bring in a handful of new birds. We captured 40 new birds and 7 recaptures of 12 different species. Highlights were a late Ovenbird and a first-of-season for Captain Sam's Blue-headed Vireo. 

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

- Michael

LITTLE BEAR

Today was a warm and sunny day out at Little Bear. We captured a total of 37 birds (30 new and 7 recaptures). We got many of the usual November characters, including 17 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglets, and 3 new Gray Catbirds. Notably we didn't catch any non-wintering migrant birds. This has been a recent trend and will continue to be a trend throughout the rest of the season as winter creeps ever closer.

We also got our first of the season House Finch today! Captain Sams has already caught a few of them so it was finally Little Bear's turn to get one. This individual was a nice looking hatch-year male. Male House Finches have the characteristic red feathers in the face, upper-breast and rump whereas females lack this feature. 

House Finch (hatch-year, male)

I am excited to see what other birds we catch as the end of the season draws near!

- Natalie

Species	Captain Sam's		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
White-eyed Vireo	1	-	-	-
Blue-headed Vireo	1	-	-	-
Carolina Chickadee	-	-	-	1
Golden-crowned Kinglet	2	-	-	-
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	6	-	3	-
Carolina Wren	-	1	1	1
Gray Catbird	-	1	3	4
House Finch	-	-	1	-
Song Sparrow	1	-	-	-
Swamp Sparrow	-	1	1	1
Ovenbird	1	-	-	-
Orange-crowned Warbler	2	-	-	-
Palm Warbler (western)	-	-	1	-
Yellow-rumped Warbler (myrtle)	26	2	-	-
Northern Cardinal	-	2	-	-
Painted Bunting	-	-	2	-

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	40	30	70
# of Recaptures	7	7	14
# of Species	12	9	16
Effort (net-hours)	163.2	124.8	288
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	28.8	29.65	29.2
# of Nets	32	26	58

2024 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	4,839	3,129	7,968
# of Recaptures	1,050	872	1,922
# of Species	86	85	101
Effort (net-hours)	12,807.9	8,152.45	20,960.35
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	46.0	49.1	45.9
# of Days	78	68

Banding Staff

Michael Gamble (CS)

Kristin Attinger (LB)

Natalie Miller (LB)

Nancy Raginski (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.