Another cold morning, but at least no wind today, allowing us to keep the station open all morning. We are continuing to enjoy a nice mix of late fall migrants and potential winter residents, with lots of conversations about the various subspecies/races of yellow-rumped warblers and dark-eyed juncos. Banded 31 birds (listed below) and recaught 16 that had been banded in recent days:
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Hermit Thrush 3 Orange-crowned Warbler 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Myrtle 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Unidentified 1 (partially yellow throat; "myrtle" face pattern) Townsend's Warbler 1 (Late? First since 9/16) Chipping Sparrow 1 (Last year we banded over 400, probably fewer than 40 this year, and this was the first since 9/22) Song Sparrow 1 White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 9 Dark-eyed Junco, Slate-colored 2 Dark-eyed Junco, Oregon 1 Dark-eyed Junco, Pink-sided 2 Dark-eyed Junco, White-winged 1 (First since 2008, and a beauty) House Sparrow 1 Closed tomorrow (Thurs, 10/11), open Fri (for a special DMNS broadcast into classrooms), then open both Sat and Sun. We will take the station down after banding on Sun. 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.
