Hi All,
Rained out yesterday. Today was a beautiful day to be outside - cool, crisp, sunny - despite not catching many birds: Gray Flycatcher 1 (FOS) Gray Catbird 2 Yellow-breasted Chat 1 Spotted Towhee 1 Lincoln's Sparrow 3 I just looked at last year's data. Turns out we had slow days at this time of spring last year as well. But, more importantly, I'm ready to declare that some of our most common species are arriving earlier. Here are some arrivals this year compared with last (which was a pretty typical year): GRFL - FOS last year was 5/13. GRCA - FOS last year was 5/10. We caught our FOS this year 5/5, and they are back in numbers. YBCH - FOS last year was 5/14. We caught our FOS this year 5/6, and they also are back in numbers. YEWA - FOS last year was 5/6; this year it was 5/1. Meredith McBurney Bander, Chatfield Station 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.
