The weather predictors got it wrong today..Not close to "58 and partly sunny"! It was cold and gray when we opened at 6:40 and colder and getting damp about 3 hours later when we gave up because it was just too cold for both birds and humans. Did have a couple of cool birds, including our first Winter Wren (this is the 12th ever at the station - we had 4 in 2010, and the rest between 1992-2005) and our 2nd Golden-crowned Kinglet of the season.
Spent the balance of the morning showing school kids White-crowned Sparrows and House Finches that were attacking the Nature Center feeders with great gusto; this is reflected in our total numbers for the day: White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Winter Wren 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 Hermit Thrush 4 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Myrtle 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon 2 Song Sparrow 1 White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 10 Dark-eyed Junco, Oregon 1 Dark-eyed Junco, Pink-sided 1 House Finch 2 Again, a reminder - This is our last week; we will take down the station after banding on Sunday. We are closed on Thursday, and on Friday we are doing a Science in Action program with DMNS (broadcasting from the field into classrooms) and thus it will not be a good day to visit. So, really only 3 days left! 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.
