We all agreed that this was a perfect final day for the fall - we watched/listened to the Cranes take off, then caught lots of Juncos and 3 Sharp-shinned Hawks. (The first hour+ was pretty quiet - not surprising, since we had at least the 3 Sharpies we caught flying about.) An adult male, and a HY male and female. Had the HY female and adult male in the hand at the same time, and had more than a little trouble convincing ourselves that the HY female was not a Coopers.
Here's the breakdown of new birds for the last day: Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Hermit Thrush 1 White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 1 Dark-eyed Junco, Slate-colored 3 Dark-eyed Junco, Oregon 7 Dark-eyed Junco, Pink-sided 2 Dark-eyed Junco, White-winged 2 Our total for the season is approximately 1750 birds, 70 species, making it the highest number of birds and species since 2006. Final numbers by species available in a couple of weeks. Thanks to everyone who visited the banding station, shared photos, commented on my posts! It has been a great fall. We'll be back at Chatfield for spring banding starting the last week in April! 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 cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
