Number of birds caught has returned to closer to normal for Chatfield; most of the birds brought in by the storm appear to have moved on. Numbers of new birds have been in the mid-20s the last 2 days - great for education purposes because we can take time describing each bird…..good today, as we had a school group of 6th graders, a DU ornithology class and an adult beginning birder class. Whew!
You can tell when we have caught something particularly exciting, because the volunteers - experienced birders all - return from the net run and grab the nearest Sibley’s. That happened today about 10 a.m. when we caught our first-ever BLUE-WINGED WARBLER. Perky little girl with a good fat supply. A break-down of the 27 new birds caught today: Dusky Flycatcher 3 House Wren 7 Hermit Thrush 1 Gray Catbird 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 2 Blue-winged Warble 1 Yellow Warbler 4 Common Yellowthroat 3 Wilson’s Warbler 1 Yellow-breasted Chat 1 Lincoln Sparrow 3 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/BLU405-EAS42605EF76C1F7AD37FEEF16D2310%40phx.gbl. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
