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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. 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.
