Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Hot and Humid = Not Many Birds

Well, not much to write about today.  It was painfully slow with only 4 new birds and 3 recaptures of 3 different species.  It was exceptionally warm with heat indices reaching 105 degrees.  The actually temperature never reached above 88 degrees during the time we were in the field but the humidity was brutal.

NEW BIRDS
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Northern Cardinal
2 Painted Bunting

RECAPTURES
3 Northern Cardinal

BANDING STATS
# of New Birds:  4
# of Recaptures:  3
# of Species:  3
Effort:  105.0 net-hours
Capture Rate:  6.7 bird/100 net-hours
# of Nets:  25

BANDING STAFF
Aaron Given
Ryan Donnelly
Michael Gamble