Hi Cobirders Well we had another great day at Chico Basin Ranch. Our third 100+ bird day in a row. Highlight was a fat Hatch Year male Cape May Warbler, my first banded in Colorado and always a rarity.
Shorebirds at HQ pond are numerous with best being Short-billed Dowitcher juv and Pectoral Sandpiper. Birds Banded: 113 birds of 26 species Downy Woodpecker 1 Western Wood-Pewee 1 Willow Flycatcher 1 Hammond's Flycatcher 4 Cordilleran Flycatcher 4 Cassin's Vireo 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 House Wren 1 Swainson's Thrush 1 Hermit Thrush 3 American Robin 8 Gray Catbird 2 Brown Thrasher 2, plus another recap from 2008 Orange-crowned Warbler 8 Yellow Warbler 1 Townsend'd Warbler 6 CAPE MAY WARBLER 1 hy male MacGillivray's Warbler 3 Wilson's Warbler 42 Yellow-breasted Chat 1 Western Tanager 11 Canyon Towhee 1 first time banded (they are always in the neighborhood but never caught previously) Song Sparrow 1 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 Lazuli Bunting 5 American Goldfinch 1 I hope the fall migrants continue to pour through. Good Birding Brian Gibbons www.nikonbirding.com www.ventbird.com ____________________________________________________________ EXPOSED: Make $99/hr Online BREAKING NEWS: People are beating the recession by working at home. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4c8e98e69a65ec5b406st01vuc -- 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.
