Hi COBirders, A cool overcast, misty morning, with a slight breeze. Perfect! We opened nets about 6:45, and started gathering in the birds about 7:00. Less activity out in the Russian Olives, and more birds moving low through the cottonwoods and elms all day. There was a good arrival last night, but many of yesterday's birds were still around, and recaptured today. Many more thrush than yesterday, and continued good numbers of Lincoln's Sparrows and Yellow Warblers.
The story today was warblers on the ranch - last I heard they were up to 17 species today. Around the banding station we had Tennessee (m), Chestnut-sided (m, banded), Am Redstart (m), Magnolia (m), Ovenbird (4 banded), No Parula (f), Yellow, Orange-crowned, Wilson's, and MacGillivray's Warblers (m), Com Yellowthroat, (m,f), Yellow-breasted Chat. There were reports of additional Black and White, Virginia's, Blackpoll, No Waterthrush, (and some others I forgot) at the HQ area, Summer Tanager, and Bobolink, among others. Total new birds banded today - 96. Banding Highlights: ***FOS Chestnut-sided Warbler*** (SY m), after watching it for a couple hours over the station ***Ovenbird *** (4 banded, possibly more seen) Least Flycatcher Dusky Flycatcher Willow Flycatcher W Wood Pewee Swainson's Thrush (30) Hermit Thrush (1) Veery Orange-crowned Warbler Yellow Warbler Com Yellowthroat Am Redstart MacGillivray's Warbler Wilson's Warbler Gray Catbird (8) W Tanager (2) Lincoln's Sparrow (10) Lazuli Bunting (2m) Banding will resume Monday-Friday next week, after a day off. (We had 260 birds in 2 days!) Steve Brown Colorado Springs posted for Brian Gibbons, RMBO --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Join us at the 2009 Convention in Alamosa: http://cfo-link.org/convention/index.php You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.as/group/cobirds?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
