Yesterday, we noted with great excitement the return of 3 birds banded in 2008 (1 Warbling Vireo and 2 Yellow Warblers). We could hardly contain ourselves today when we recaptured a Yellow Warbler banded as a young male in 2006. He has been caught every year except one since then. We marked the occasion by photographing him in front of a new poster about our frequently returning YEWAs that was prepared by long-time volunteer Gary Mattes. (2006 was our first year at our current banding station location.)
Another day with numerous one-of-a-species, perfect for Hugh and Urling Kingery's Beginning Birder class; Black-capped Chickadee 1 House Wren 4 Hermit Thrush 1 Gray Catbird 1 Yellow Warbler 3 new, 3 returns (from 2006, 2011 and 2012) Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 1 MacGillivray's 1 Common Yellowthroat 1 Yellow-breasted Chat 2 Chipping Sparrow 1 (FOS) Lincoln's Sparrow 1 Mountain White-crowned Sparrow 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 1 Open daily, weather permitting, through the end of May, from 7 to about 11. Meredith McBurney Bander, Chatfield 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/816a300c-5f2f-49af-9a2f-ee5b4eb02d15%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
