Hi COBirders, Chico Basin Ranch Banding Report for Friday 5/4/2012
Yesterday we had a big arrival. Today was the big exit. A few warblers caught, a few sparrows, and it was pretty dead after 9am, with a hot-dry wind building. Temperature at noon was 86o. On the bright side, the male Black-and-White Warbler was heard several times, and later re-caught; it had gained 10% in body mass overnight. The Worm-eating Warbler was re-caught AGAIN in the same wetter area, and it is finally putting on some weight as well. The male Golden-winged Warbler was seen and heard by many and performed for school groups at the banding station, as late as noon. Also seen and heard at the banding station/Holmes Grove (El Paso Co), Tennessee Warbler, singing, N Parula, Orange-crowned Warbler. Gene Rutherford reported few birds at the HQ (Pueblo Co), but he did have a Palm Warbler at Rose Pond. Also reportedly it was dead at the Casita (El Paso Co). New birds banded today - 13 Hermit Thrush 1 Brown Thrasher 2 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 (ASY, After Second Year, f) Yellow Warbler 1 (ASY m) Audubon's Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 (ASY m) Wilson's Warbler 1 (ASY f) Green-tailed Towhee 1 (ASY) Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow -5 and recaptures on the Worm-eating Warbler, Black-and-White Warbler, and a House Wren banded in 2010. The Ladder-backed Woodpeckers are in and out of a cavity in a cottonwood right at the banding station, also. Steve Brown Colorado Springs for Nancy Gobris, RMBO -- 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.
