A slow banding day, with only 27 new birds. It appears the big waves of Wilson's Warblers have passed through (we've banded approximately 550 in a little over 3 weeks - the highest number since 2006); it is not yet clear whether there will be a lot of Yellow-rumpeds (our numbers range from about 2 to 75 in any year); sparrow species started early but are still relatively low in numbers. A bigger issue today may have been the presence of hawks hanging around looking for breakfast - a Red-tailed was spotted early in the morning and then a Cooper's. The hawks, unfortunately, managed to avoid getting caught in the nets while searching for a meal. Here's a breakdown of the 27 new birds:
Eurasian Collared-dove 1 Black-capped Chickadee 1 Cassin's Vireo 1 House Wren 4 Hermit Thrush 1 Gray Catbird 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon's 2 Common Yellowthroat 1 Wilson's Warbler 7 White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 3 Green-tailed Towhee 3 Dark-eyed Junco, Pink-sided 1 We are open 6 days per week, weather permitting, through Sunday, October 11. This week we will be closed Wednesday (9/23). We are opening nets at 6:30, and will run until noon or whenever it gets too hot or too windy or too whatever. School groups arrive about 9:30 a.m. most weekdays. Meredith McBurney Biologist/Bander Barr Lake Banding Station Bird Conservancy of the Rockies -- 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/18715364-35f4-4b65-ad8e-c3f5f97a715a%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
