Nick, I think most active birders would have picked out the same two birds from Amanda's list as rare that you did, and I had been thinking the same thing that you were before reading your post - Wow, very low numbers for the two weeks we band in Ridgway but two rarities. On the other hand, we at Barr are having a pretty good year in terms of numbers so far, but zero rarities. My memory is that Chico has not seen many rarities either. I have been attributing that to the lack of any major weather disruptions, but of course have no idea whether that is accurate. (And then I have no explanation for how a HOWA and PABU made it to Ridgway.....) So, I guess I don't think rarities as a group can be measured in terms of 1 per anything - some periods we will have many and others none.
Meredith McBurney Barr Lake On Sunday, September 20, 2015 at 9:11:09 PM UTC-6, Nick Komar wrote: > > Interesting that among only 64 captures, two were rare (Painted Bunting > and Hooded Warbler). I usually think of a rare occurrence being closer to 1 > per thousand. But maybe 1 per hundred is closer. "Rare" is a subjective > term. Finding rare birds is one of my favorite aspects of birding. But what > is truly rare? I'd be curious to know what other birders in Colorado > consider the definition of rare from a birding perspective. Reply to list, > or privately to me. I'll tally the responses and summarize them > (anonymously) on Cobirds. > > Nick Komar > Fort Collins > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 20, 2015, at 7:39 PM, Amanda Ziegelbauer <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > We had a great last week in Ridgway! Thursday morning brought us a > beautiful after hatch-year male Virginia's Warbler. We also had a surprise > bird that was caught early Friday morning - a hatch-year Painted Bunting! > Pictures are available. > > End of season tally: > > Willow Flycatcher - 2 > Black-capped Chickadee - 3 > House Wren - 4 > Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 > Gray Catbird - 4 > Orange-crowned Warbler - 2 > Virginia's Warbler - 1 > Yellow Warbler - 3 > Macgillivray's Warbler - 4 > Wilson's Warbler 20 > Hooded Warbler - 1 > Song Sparrow - 11 > Lincoln's Sparrow - 4 > Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow - 1 > Mountain White-crowned Sparrow - 1 > Black-headed Grosbeak - 1 > Painted Bunting - 1 > > Thank you to all our amazing volunteers and visitors! We had a beautiful > season. > > Amanda Ziegelbauer > Bander > Ridgway State Park 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] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] <javascript:> > . > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/373b401d-71ba-4a31-aea8-587e961ca519%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/373b401d-71ba-4a31-aea8-587e961ca519%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- 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/8f6b3f67-fe4f-49d5-8ce2-bd0153133c82%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
