Hi COBirders, Finally some clearing skies! There was a turnover last night, and lots of activity heard at dawn, although few birds made it into the nets today. Nothing too remarkable - just three times as many birds banded as yesterday. 21 new birds banded today, and a couple of Wilson's Warblers hanging around still that were banded 9/12 and 9/14.
New birds banded today: Wilson's Warbler - 8 Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 6 Orange-crowned Warbler - 3 Brown Thrasher Dusky Flycatcher (seems late!) Rock Wren Brown Creeper Also a male adult Sharp-shinned Hawk was terrorizing the flickers in the treetops, and "something big" (Cooper's? Sharp-shinned?, Owl?) went THROUGH a net in one of our active lanes, with a resultant mess of shredded net and tangles with leaves, 6 feet off the ground. Wish I'd seen that! Remember the ranch is closed Saturday 9/26 for a family event. Steve Brown Colorado Springs for Brian Gibbons, Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Colorado Field Ornithologists: http://www.cfo-link.org/ Colorado County Birding: http://www.coloradocountybirding.com/ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
