Hi COBirders, RMBO banding has started at Chico Basin Ranch (fee area for birding), and here are the first results:
Thursday, September 8 49 new birds banded - biggest arrival around 10am with 20+. W Wood Pewee -1 Least FLycatcher -2 Hammond's Flycatcher -1 Gray Flycatcher -1 Dusky Flycatcher -1 Cordilleran Flycatcher -1 Red-breasted Nuthatch -1 House Wren -4 Swainson's Thrush -1 Am Robin -9 Gray Catbird -3 Brown Thrasher -1 Yellow Warbler -2 Orange-crowned Warbler -1 Wilson's Warbler -14 Chipping Sparrow -3 LArk Sparrow -1 Black-headed Grosbeak -1 Blue Grosbeak -1 Black-chinned Hummingbird (f), netted but not banded -1 plus observed Downy Woodpecker, N Flicker, 2+ Barn Owls early, Downy Woodpecker, N Flicker, Loggerhead Shrike, Am Goldfinch, Northern Mockingbird, Blue Jay, White-breasted Nuthatch Friday September 9, 37 new birds banded, also biggest influx around 10am W Wood Pewee -1 Dusky Flycatcher -2 Plumbeous Vireo -1 Am Robin -2 Brown Thrasher - 1 return from previous year - TBA Wilson's Warbler -23 Ovenbird -1 Chipping Sparrow -6 Brewer's Sparrow -1 Rufous Hummingbird (f) netted but not banded plus observed birds on the ranch road - Am Kestrel, RT Hawk, Swainson's Hawk, Scaled Quail, W KIngbird, Cassin's Kingbird, Lark Buntings, Lark Sparrows, RMBO banding will continue tomorrow, (Saturday), and 6 days a week, weather permitting, through 10/8/2011. See you there, Steve Brown Colorado Springs for Julie Webber, 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.
