WILDLIFE ON KIAWAH ISLAND

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WINTER BANDING
Banding is conducted during the winter months to monitor wintering songbirds.  A large population of Yellow-rumped Warblers spend the winter on Kiawah Island which allows a unique opportunity to study many aspects of their wintering ecology. 
 
Winter banding is conducted annually from December to mid-March at the west end of the island on Captain Sam's Spit.  The nets are operated about once every 10 days from sunrise until 12:00pm.   
 
 
2011-2012 Results
Numbers in parentheses denotes recaptures.  All data is provisional and is not to be cited without permission.

SPECIES

12/09

01/01

01/10

01/24

02/04

02/15

02/26

03/07

03/17

TOTAL

Loggerhead Shrike

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

1

White-eyed Vireo

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

(1)

(1)

Carolina Chickadee

-

-

(2)

-

(1)

-

-

-

(1)

(4)

House Wren

1(1)

-

-

-

-

(1)

(1)

-

-

1(3)

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

-

-

-

-

-

(1)

-

-

-

(1)

Hermit Thrush

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

Gray Catbird

-

-

(1)

(2)

(1)

(1)

1

-

(1)

1(6)

Northern Mockingbird

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

Cedar Waxwing

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

Orange-crowned Warbler

-

-

-

(1)

1(1)

-

(1)

-

1

2(3)

Yellow-rumped Warbler

16(7)

4(1)

25(3)

18(7)

9(2)

35(3)

32(3)

42(4)

12

193(30)

Palm Warbler

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

Eastern Towhee

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

Field Sparrow

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

Song Sparrow

(1)

-

-

1

-

-

-

(1)

-

1(2)

Swamp Sparrow

-

-

(2)

(1)

-

(1)

(1)

-

-

(5)

White-throated Sparrow

2

-

-

1

-

(1)

3

-

(1)

6(2)

Northern Cardinal

(1)

(1)

(1)

-

(3)

(1)

(1)

-

1

1(8)

No. of Banded Birds

21

4

25

20

10

35

37

44

16

210

No. Recaptures

10

2

9

11

8

9

7

5

4

65

No. of Species

7

2

5

6

5

7

8

4

9

18

No. of Net-hours

51.8

21.0

57.2

54.6

58.5

58.8

51.6

57.6

50.4

461.5

No. of Birds/100 Net-hours

59.8

28.6

59.4

56.8

30.8

75.2

85.3

85.1

39.7

59.6
White-throated Sparrow
February 19, 2010
DATA FROM PREVIOUS YEARS
Winter 2009-2010
Winter 2010-2011
FINAL REPORTS
Winter 2009-2010
Winter 2010-2011
WINTER 2011-2012 TOTALS
 
210 NEW BIRDS
65 RECAPTURES