Hi Cobirders Well it was another great day banding made exceptional by a beautiful male Connecticut Warbler. It was seen until about 2 pm but not after. I would be surprised if the bird stayed tonight but with some thunderstorms brewing to our N and W it might stick around. The bird was very fat so it doesn't need to stay to feed. This morning I realized quickly there was a major arrival of thrushes, particularly Swainson's, many were singing all day. We banded 129 birds of 25 species. Also around today but much ignored was a pair of Blackpoll Warblers, the male was singing. Early on I heard an Evening Grosbeak calling. I think the big arrival was spurred on by the clear night from dusk 'til dawn. The first we have had here in 5-6 days. Hopefully we will have a new batch of birds tomorrow with at least a couple lingerers.
Birds Banded: Western Wood-Pewee 1 House Wren 5 Swainson's Thrush 63 Hermit Thrush 3 Veery 2 Brown Thrasher 1 Gray Catbird 1 Cedar Waxwing 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 Yellow Warbler 5 Audubon's Warbler 7 CONNECTICUT WARBLER 1 MacGillivray's Warbler 9 Common Yellowthroat 1 Wilson's Warbler 2 American Redstart 1 Ovenbird 2 Western Tanager 2 Chipping Sparrow 4 Clay-colored Sparrow 1 Lincoln's Sparrow 6 Mtn White-crowned Sparrow 4 Black-headed Grosbeak 1 Bullock's Oriole 1 American Goldfinch 4 Another great spring day from Chico One more pic of the Connecticut http://www.surfbirds.com/cgi-bin/gallery/display.cgi?gallery=gallery10 Brian Gibbons RMBO from Chico Basin Ranch www.nikonbirding.com www.ventbird.com ____________________________________________________________ Refi - Low as 3.38% APR Homeowners: Refi before rates rise. $300k for $1,306/mo. No SSN req'd http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4bf203593905a564021st02vuc -- 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.
