We await another cold front

 CAPTAIN SAMS

After the cold front over the weekend and the increase in birds moving through, captures are beginning to decrease again. We captured 33 new birds and 18 recaptures of 9 species. We also recaptured a Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Yellow-rumped Warbler that we banded last fall.

-Michael

LITTLE BEAR

Captures continued to decrease out at Little Bear. We banded 23 new birds and processed 11 recaptures of 9 total species. Most of our captures were yellow-rumps (11 new, 1 recap) and catbirds (2 new, 8 recaps). We also had a few more Ruby-crowned Kinglets today, two more White-throated Sparrows, our second Yellow-bellied Sapsucker of the season, and a late American Redstart. It was a cool, sunny morning with a decent amount of bird activity around the station, but things quieted down after about 9am. 

-Liz

Species	Captain Sams		Little Bear
	New	Recaps	New	Recaps
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	-	-	1	-
Eastern Phoebe	-	-	1	-
White-eyed Vireo	-	1	-	-
Carolina Chickadee	-	1	-	-
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	4	1	4	-
Carolina Wren	-	1	-	1
Gray Catbird	1	4	2	8
Hermit Thrush	-	1	-	-
White-throated Sparrow	-	-	2	-
Song Sparrow	1	4	-	-
Swamp Sparrow	-	-	1	1
American Redstart	-	-	1	-
Palm Warbler (Western)	2	-	-	-
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)	25	5	11	1

Today's Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	33	23	56
# of Recaptures	18	11	29
# of Species	9	9	14
Effort (net-hours)	181.5	134.4	315.9
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	28.1	25.3	26.9
# of Nets	33	28	61

2026 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats	Captain Sams	Little Bear	TOTAL
# Birds Banded	4,870	2,773	7,643
# of Recaptures	748	486	1,228
# of Species	86	78	101
Effort (net-hours)	12,838.4	9,125.6	21,964.0
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)	43.8	35.7	40.4
# of Days	84	77

Banding Staff

Michael Gamble (CS)

Liz Held (LB)

Olivia DeMarchi (CS)

Aiden Gifford (LB)