This was the weirdest morning of the season: Started cloudy but not cold, then wind and drizzles (opened, closed, then reopened all nets), then just overcast eventually becoming partly sunny. Only banded 20 birds, but those 20 included a Tennessee Warbler (2nd of season) and a BAY-BREASTED WARBLER side-by-side in the net. The BBWA appears to be a first ever for the Barr Banding Station. We spent a lot of time making sure about the species, but luckily for us this HY bird had sufficient chestnut/rufous on his flanks to rule out other options. Later, we caught our FOS (and first since 2009) Golden-crowned Kinglet. We ended with 15 species:
Downy Woodpecker 1 Blue Jay 1 Black-capped Chickadee 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Hermit Thrush 2 Orange-crowned Warbler 2 (For those who noticed - and corrected - my error yesterday, today I think I got the "something-crowned" birds right!) Tennessee Warbler 1 Bay-breasted Warbler 1 Wilson's Warbler 2 Green-tailed Towhee 1 Song Sparrow 1 Lincoln's Sparrow 2 Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow 2 Dark-eyed Junco, Oregon 1 House Sparrow 1 (We had this brief interlude with NO birds and school kids arriving, so we opened the nets at the Nature Center long enough to catch this guy) Closed Wednesday this week; otherwise open daily, weather permitting. Some possibility of rain coming up..but maybe more interesting species as well! Meredith McBurney Biologist/Bander Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory 303-329-8091 -- 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 https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
