Captures were slow but consistent all morning - a great opportunity to study the 17 different species that we caught today (34 newly banded, 6 repeats from this season, and a return that we banded last year).
The Magnolia that we banded on Saturday is still around - an active little bird that can't seem to avoid the nets. We caught her first thing in the low willows just SW of the station and then later in the morning about 100 meters NW in a net under some tall cottonwoods out closer to the water. Our return, banded 9/5/10, is a one-legged Downy Woodpecker. Seemed otherwise healthy, when he was banded and again today. We marveled as he flew up into a tree and made his way up the trunk. Here's the rundown of new captures for the day: Downy Woodpecker 1 return Dusky Flycatcher 2 House Wren 1 Hermit Thrush 2 (FOS) American Robin 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 4 Yellow Warbler 1 Townsend's Warbler 1 MacGillivray's Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 1 Wilson's Warbler 15 Chipping Sparrow 4 Lazuli Bunting 1 (FOS) Closed tomorrow (Tues), then open daily, weather permitting, through Thurs, 9/22. (So, our next closed day is not until 9/23.) 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.
