Just to summarize our 2011 banding experience to date: Almost 2 1/2 weeks with
mostly single digit days, waiting for the vegetation to green up and the birds
to arrive. Then rained out for 2 days; then 79 birds; then rained out another
day; then 70 birds. Our 2nd and 3rd highest days ever in what was shaping up
to be a very slow year. The birds waited for their food to be available, and
now they are coming through in large numbers between rainstorms! Great fun for
us and our visitors!
Dusky Flycatcher 15
House Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Swainson's Thrush 2
Hermit Thrush 6
Gray Catbird 4
Orange-crowned Warbler 2
Virginia's Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 2 new, 5 returns (1 banded in 2008, 2 in 2009, 2 in 2010; each
one has been caught annually since it was banded)
Yellow-rumped Warbler 8
Blackpoll Warbler 1 (2nd at this station; caught one in 2008)
Northern Waterthrush 2
MacGillivray's Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 4
Wilson's Warbler 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 2 new, 1 return (banded 2010)
Green-tailed Towhee 1
Spotted Towhee 1
Lincoln's Sparrow 2
Mountain White-crowned Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 2
American Goldfinch 2
A reminder: We are open Tues, Wed and Thurs; and then we are CLOSED Fri and
Sat. Open again on Sunday, and then every day, weather permitting through
Memorial Day.
Meredith McBurney
Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory
Chatfield Banding Station
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