A busy couple of days for us.
Friday we banded as usual in the morning, catching 35 birds, and then banded in
the evening for a special event for our partner organizations and some donors,
catching 8 new birds along with a number of repeats (birds already counted this
spring). Total for the day was 43:
Downy Woodpecker 1
Willow Flycatcher 1
Least Flycatcher 1
Dusky Flycatcher 4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (FOS) 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 1
Swainson's Thrush 4
Hermit Thrush 1
Gray Catbird 4
Yellow Warbler 8 new, 2 returns (1 banded 2007, 1 2009)
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 (2nd for the season, and 2nd ever at this station)
Common Yellowthroat 2
Wilson's Warbler 2
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Lincoln's Sparrow 3
Mountain White-crowned Sparrow 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (FOS) 1
Black-headed Grosbeak 2
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Today, Saturday, was very active with both birds and visitors. It was a
typical sunny late May day.....The female Yellow Warblers are finally back in
large numbers, and they and the males were dashing about everywhere. Total
take for the day was 46 birds:
Willow Flycatcher 5
Least Flycatcher 1
House Wren 2
Gray Catbird 3
Yellow Warbler 21 new, 1 return (banded 2010)
American Redstart 3
MacGillivray's Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 3
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Lincoln's Sparrow 4
American Goldfinch 1
I know there have been a lot of unusual/rare warblers reported this spring.
We've only had 1 Blackpoll and 2 Chestnut-sided that would fit into that
category, but the numbers of a few other relatively infrequent species have
been well above "normal"..... 5 American Redstarts (6 total in 7 prior years),
Northern Waterthrush 6 (4 total in 7 prior years) and Virginia's Warblers 11
(14 total in 7 prior years).
Only 2 more days.....Sunday and Monday!
Meredith McBurney
Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory
Chatfield Banding Station
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