We got in about 4 hours this morning before the wind picked up (and we were just back in our cars when the rain started). A pretty glorious 4 hours for us and the perhaps 40 visitors that came by for some or all of the morning - counting new, repeats and returns, we processed 42 birds of 20 species, 6 of which were new for the season. Plus 1 of our really senior Yellow Warblers again returned - #2410-71588, banded 5/23/08 as a young bird, so now 9 years old.
Here's the breakdown of the new and returns: Downy Woodpecker 1 Warbling Vireo 1 (FOS) House Wren 5 Blue-grey Gnatcatcher 2 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Virginia's Warbler 5 (Probably a record for number of VIWAs caught in 1 day here) Yellow Warbler 3, all returns, the 1 mentioned above from 2008 and 2 from 2015 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Myrtle 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon 3 MacGillivray's Warbler 1 (FOS) Common Yellowthroat 1 Yellow-breasted Chat 1 (FOS) Western Tanager 1 (FOS) Green-tailed Towhee 2 (FOS) Chipping Sparrow 1 Clay-colored Sparrow 1 (FOS) Lincoln's Sparrow 2 White-crowned Sparrow, Mountain 4 new, 1 banded last year Brown-headed Cowbird 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/90449f56-7531-4afd-94b3-982fdf114a36%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
