We were pleasantly surprised to arrive at 6:30 this morning and find that our nets were not frozen, and we were shedding jackets by 8. A calm morning with a nice mix of species at the banding station. We did have a lull mid-morning, so we opened the nets at the feeders at the Nature Center. The White-crowned Sparrows were engaged in a feeding frenzy, and we caught 18 of them in about a half hour. Here's the break-down for the day:
Grey Flycatcher 1 House Wren 1 Blue-grey Gnatcatcher 1 Hermit Thrush 4 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Myrtle 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon 8 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Intergrade 1 Wilson's Warbler 1 Song Sparrow 2 White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 18 American Goldfinch 1 Open daily, weather permitting, through June 2, EXCEPT for May 13, 14, and 30. It is almost always better to visit early in the morning. We are opening nets at 6:30, and most days will have birds back at the station by 7:15. There are school groups every weekday, arriving about 9:45. We aim to close by noon most days, earlier if it is very hot, very cold, or very windy. Meredith McBurney Bander/Biologist 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/3fddc1c5-5fc7-498d-9d26-859819554299%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
