Fun with numbers

What else is there to do on a rainy Sunday but total up all the birds we've banded so far this spring? That, and make cookies. Which I could possibly be persuaded to share with those of you who come out and visit our banding sites, if they last that long.


Rose-headed Grosbeak

Total number of birds banded: 899
Total number of recaptured birds: 56 (don't know how many of these were banded this year)
Total number of days in the field: 17
Average number of shirts worn by interns on those days in the field: 3.5


Magnolia warbler

Here are our top 10 in terms of individuals caught:

White-throated Sparrow	221
Gray Catbird	86
Yellow Warbler	60
Myrtle Warbler	45
Blue Jay	43
Western Palm Warbler	41
Common Yellowthroat	32
Slate-colored Junco	28
Magnolia Warbler	25
White-crowned Sparrow	21

Northern Parula

Warbler species caught:
American Redstart
Bay-breasted Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler (which is not green, as Amy has more than once pointed out)
Blue-winged Warbler
Canada Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Myrtle Warbler (also known as Yellow-rumped Warbler)
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Northern Waterthrush
Orange-crowned Warbler
Ovenbird
Prairie Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Western and Yellow Palm Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Yellow Warbler


Black-and-white Warbler

Variety of sparrows caught:
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Field Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Slate-colored Junco
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow


Hopefully the weather for the rest of May will cooperate so we can finish the season without any more rain days! (I might be overly optimistic, but we'll see...)