Past 500 birds!

We sailed past our 500^th bird of the season today with 38 captures. Not sure who exactly was #500, so we will give honors to this Great-crested flycatcher. It usually takes a lot less time to get the second 500 birds since the pace of migration picks up a lot during the end of September. Still, so much of migration is weather-dependent, and the flow of birds down the peninsula may be cut off a little by the rains from Hurricane Sally for the next few days. We shall see!

SPECIES	NEW	RETURN	RECAP
Great-crested flycatcher	2	–	–
Red-eyed vireo	2	–	–
Blue-gray gnatcatcher	1	–	1
Prairie warbler	2	–	–
American redstart	7	–	1
Black-and-white warbler	3	–	–
Black-throated blue warbler	1	–	–
Northern waterthrush	3	–	–
Swainson’s warbler	1	–	–
Worm-eating warbler	8	–	–
Ovenbird	7	–	1
Common yellowthroat	1	–	–

	# BIRDS CAPTURED	# SPECIES	# NETS	NET HOURS	CAPTURE RATE (BIRDS/100NH)
DAILY TOTAL	38	12	23	110.22	37.2
SEASON TOTAL	517	27	23	3397.74	17.28