Three more banding days with lower than normal activity. However, just checked totals on Yellow Warblers (our most commonly caught species, and a summer resident at the station) compared to last year, and for this species we are ahead. They are also breeding earlier - have had a couple of females with brood patches, which I can't remember seeing during spring migration in past years. Will check our other resident species in the coming days. Here is the rundown for Friday through Sunday:
Friday, 5/25: Western Wood-pewee 3 (FOS) Least Flycatcher 1 Warbling Vireo 1 House Wren 1 Swainson's Thrush 1 Gray Catbird 2 Yellow Warbler 7 new, 1 return Yellow-breasted Chat 1 return Spotted Towhee 1 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 1 Saturday, 5/26: Least Flycatcher 1 House Wren 1 Yellow Warbler 6 new, 2 returns Common Yellowthroat 1 Red-winged Blackbird 1 (Plus a whole bunch of birds that were caught before this season) Sunday, 5/27: Least Flycatcher 1 Gray Catbird 1 Yellow Warbler 7 new, 2 returns Yellow-breasted Chat 1 Song Sparrow 1 Red-winged Blackbird 2 House Finch 1 Lesser Goldfinch 1 (FOS) American Goldfinch 1 This is our last week - we will be open daily, weather permitting, through next Sunday, June 3. 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.
