The upside of this early spring for plant life is that we are getting to experience early breeding among at least some bird species - today we caught 7 female Yellow Warblers (all caught previously this season) with brood patches. I went back through our old records, and found a few late May YEWA brood patches (from 06, 07, and 08) but nothing like this. If we've caught 7 today, how many breeding YEWAs must there be in the banding station area?!
Only 9 new birds banded today... House Wren 1 Gray Catbird 1 Cedar Waxwing 2 (They have been in the area for 4 days now; catching a couple every day...) Yellow Warbler 2 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 1 American Goldfinch 1 Open through Sunday. 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.
