Don't have anyway to verify this, but this might be the slowest few days in a row ever! Today, we caught 8 birds in our 7:20 run, 3 at 7:50, 2 at the Nature Center nets, and nothing else the rest of the morning. Luckily, we had lot of one-of-a-kinds, so the Kingery's Beginning Birder class had an opportunity to learn about lots of species. Here were the 8 new birds for the season (the balance of those we caught were recaptures):
Rock Wren 1 House Wren 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Clay-colored Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 1 Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow 1 Dark-eyed Junco, Oregon 1 Closed Sun and Mon; then open Tues through Sat again next week. We usually have our first birds back at the station by about 7:30. We usually close between 11 and 12, but have been closing somewhat earlier during this heat. Hoping for a weather change soon! Meredith McBurney Barr Lake Banding Station Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory -- 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/a3b547e7-5844-4ccc-a9a6-e92ac1fe66cf%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
