These changes in weather seem to either bring birds in or make them stay put. This time at Barr it was much more of the latter..We caught 70+ birds today, but 40 had already been banded by us. Most of them were Yellow and Wilson's Warblers. Since we didn't band on Wed, that means that they had stuck around from Tues or earlier, including all 3 of our semi-rares - Chestnut-sided, Blackpoll and Tennessee Warblers - which have now been caught 3 times each. Bird-of-the-Day was an immature Ovenbird. Here's the breakdown of the 31 birds caught for the first time this year:
Western Wood-pewee 1 Warbling Vireo 2 House Wren 2 new, 1 banded 2010 Orange-crowned Warbler 2 Yellow Warbler 6 Ovenbird 1 Wilson's Warbler 8 Chipping Sparrow 7 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 Our next closed day is Tues, 9/13; so, open Fri through Mon, closed Tues, and then open the balance of next week. Barr Lake State Park's big Fall Fest is scheduled for this Saturday. Meredith McBurney Bander, Barr Lake Station, Adams County Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory -- 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.
