The first week of banding in Grand Junction went very well. The nets are in new locations this year, and it is making a big difference. We have the nets set up in mature Skunkbrush/Rabbitbrush, and we are catching lots of White-crowned Sparrows. As a scientist, this makes me happy, because catching more individuals from the same species means that we'll have better data for that species. Here is a summary for the week. We caught a total of 79 new individuals from 12 species. We also caught 3 individuals that were originally banded last year (2 Black-capped Chickadees and 1 Bushtit).
White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel's): 26 White-crowned Sparrow (unknown): 13 White-crowned Sparrow (Mountain): 9 Wilson's Warbler: 10 American Robin: 9 Spotted Towhee: 4 Orange-crowned Warbler: 3 Bewick's Wren: 1 Black-capped Chickadee: 1 Bushtit: 1 Song Sparrow: 1 Oregon Dark-eyed Junco: 1 Don't forget that the public day is this Saturday. I'll be banding from about 6:30-11:30, so please stop by and check out my sparrows! -- *Amber Carver* *Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory * [email protected] (310)483-5721 -- 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.
