Hi COBirders, Well, it IS May 15, and it IS the peak of migration, and today was my busiest day banding this spring with 30 birds banded, and 8 species of warblers! N Waterthrush, Yellow, Wilson’s, Orange-crowned, MacGillivray’s, Virginia’s, Com Yellowthroat, YB Chat, (and saw Audubon’s Yellow-rumps). Small birds were again moving through all morning, and there were several different waves of arriving birds, especially with 1/3 of the captures involving Yellow Warblers. Also banded three N Rough-winged Swallows for the first time, and got to see the rough wing!
Also banded several Gray Catbirds, (and re-caught one banded by me in 2013), Brown Thrasher, Red-winged Blackbirds, Chipping Sparrow. It has been interesting to see such site fidelity in several species banded in previous seasons, migrating South, then returning to the same patch this year - in Yellow Warblers, House Wren, YB Chat, and Gray Catbird. Very cool. Also observed FOS's W Wood-Pewee and Eastern Kingbird, but did not see the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher where I looked. Good Birding, Steve Brown Colo Spgs -- 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/4C29C6CF-C2E1-41A4-A103-93EE6C30CFE9%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
