Hi COBirders, Brian Gibbons opened nets this morning for a while before we dismantled the station for the season. Between 6:30 and noon we banded 52 new birds, so, as Bill M stated, a shift in the winds brought in a lot of new birds. Surprisingly we had several FOS's. More waves of Swainson's and Hermit Thrush, and Lincoln's Sparrows, and a few warblers.
Banding highlights today (banding by Brian Gibbons, Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory, and Steve Brown volunteer) FOS Lesser Goldfinch FOS Eastern Kingbird FOS Alder Flycatcher Willow Flycatcher Dusky Flycatcher W Wood-Pewee American Redstart (ASY, f) MacGillivray's Warbler Com Yellowthroat (m) Wilson's Warbler Lincoln's Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow (Mountain) Chipping Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow (8) Gray Catbird Hermit Thrush Swainson's Thrush Veery Blue Grosbeak (m,f) W Tanager (f) Orchard Oriole (f) Bullock's Oriole (m, f) THEN we went to HQ/Rose's Pond and found Bill's male Blackburnian Warbler about 12:15. Wow! What a gorgeous specimen! Was in the same cottonwood that he had described a couple of hours before. Also a female Blackpoll Warbler at Rose's Pond, and lots of Yellow Warblers. All-in-all a good finish to a successful season. Perhaps more banding reports will follow in August. Thank you for the favorable responses to these posts. Steve Brown Colorado Springs posted for Brian Gibbons, RMBO --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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.com/group/cobirds?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
