Hi COBIrders, This is a summary of a week of banding at Clear Springs Ranch, South of Fountain, along Fountain Creek. Specifically, I am operating a small 10-net banding station amongst a few acres of willows, looking for Yellow Warblers in migration. This week Yellow Warblers accounted for about 50% of the catch - about 25 birds. Mostly they have been females and hatch-year birds, with a few males thrown in. Last year I started seeing Yellow Warblers at CSR abound 7/28. This the first one banded was year on 8/2.
Also caught (I think mostly breeding birds, although a few are probably migrants): 12 Com Yellowthroat, (2 were males banded at the same site in May) 3 W Wood-Pewee 2 Blue Grosbeak 2 Am Goldfinch Spotted Towhee and lots of juveniles of Gray Catbird, Yellow-breasted Chat, House Wren, and Brown Thrasher. And, also caught, but not banded - 2 Black-chinned Hummingbirds, a f Rufous HU, a f Broad-tailed HU, and a f Caliope HU. Things are moving! (Note - access to the site is closely controlled by Colo Spgs Utilities, and unfortunately, visiting this banding site is impractical, but I will report what I find. Plus the mosquitoes are awful!) Happy Migration, Steve Brown Colorado Springs -- 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/3AC97B30-86FE-40EB-A6A7-96449136DCAA%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
