A somewhat more active morning that many of our recent days - banded a total of 28 birds. A nice mix of species, with late warblers and sparrows mixing it up. We caught 2 less frequent sparrow species, a White-throated Sparrow (caught for the 2nd time this a.m; we banded it late yesterday afternoon as part of a special career program for a group of high school students. Note to Tina Jones: we caught it about 2 hours after I told you we had not had one yet!) and a Swamp Sparrow (the 1st at Barr since 2005). Here's the full breakdown for today:
Downy Woodpecker 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 Hermit Thrush 2 Gray Catbird 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon 1 MacGillivray's Warbler 1 Wilson's Warbler 2 Song Sparrow 2 Swamp Sparrow 1 White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 4 Dark-eyed Junco, Oregon 2 Dark-eyed Junco, Pink-sided 3 House Sparrow 4 We are in our final 2 weeks - last day of banding will be Sunday, 10/14. We are closed Thursday both this week and next. 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.
