An incredible day! Working in partnership with the technical wizards from DMNS, we had a live feed into classrooms, showing birds and answering questions from school kids. Three sessions with multiple schools, literally from coast to coast, culminating in a 4th session with kids from Aurora in the auditorium at the Museum. Reached ~700 kids. And, with the help of an expanded group of volunteers, we managed to catch and band 50 birds of many species. They just kept bringing in cool ones - our 2nd Winter Wren, 2 White-throated Sparrows, a very late Redstart, our FOS Philadelphia Vireo and Field Sparrow. Here's the breakdown:
Philadelphia Vireo 1 (6th ever - 2 last year, 1 the year before, then it's back to 1 in 97 and 1 in 89!) House Wren 1 (Speaking of late...) Winter Wren 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Hermit Thrush 6 American Robin 3 (these were FOS, all young) Orange-crowned Warbler 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Myrtle 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon's 2 American Redstart 1 Field Sparrow 1 (3rd ever - 1 last year, the other in 1996!) Lincoln's Sparrow 1 White-throated Sparrow 2 White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 6 Dark-eyed Junco, Oregon 15 Dark-eyed Junco, Pink-sided 5 Heading into our last weekend of the season..hoping for good weather and more good birds! 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.
