No we’re not fooling. We really did catch this Northern yellow bat today: never mind new species for the station, this is a whole new Class (Mammalia)! Although we were very surprised to find him in the net first thing in the morning, he was untangled and immediately released.
The Front Pt. 1 passed last night, and migration was strong across the entire Southeast according to the radar. Needless to say we were disappointed that this didn’t translate into birds on the ground, and also it wasn’t especially cool. In fact the woods were even more quiet than before as most of the recaptures have finally moved on. We did hear a Yellow-bellied sapsucker near the tent, but that is it so far for winter species. But, we caught a bat! On Halloween!!
| SPECIES | NEW | RETURN | RECAP |
| Great-crested flycatcher | 1 | – | – |
| Gray catbird | 9 | – | – |
| Northern parula | 1 | – | – |
| Black-throated blue warbler | 11 | – | 1 |
| Black & white warbler | – | – | 1 |
| Ovenbird | 4 | – | – |
| Common yellowthroat | 4 | – | – |
| # BIRDS CAPTURED | # SPECIES | # NETS | NET HOURS | CAPTURE RATE (BIRDS/100NH) | |
| DAILY TOTAL | 30 | 6 | 23 | 130.75 | 24.47 |
| SEASON TOTAL | 2197 | 50 | 23 | 9404.8 | 27.20 |