Had a great day today! Under mostly grey skies, we banded 57 birds, plus caught 7 banded in prior years. Highlights were a female Black and White Warbler and a pair of Bullock's Orioles. Lots of visitors braved the cold to enjoy these 24 species:
Least Flycatcher 2 Dusky Flycatcher 4 Warbling Vireo 1, banded in 2014, and recaptured on this day in 2015 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 House Wren 4 Swainson's Thrush 4 Hermit Thrush 1 Gray Catbird 5 Yellow Warbler 2 new, 5 returns (2 from 2012, 1 from 2014, and 2 from 2015) Black and White Warbler 1 Northern Waterthrush 1 MacGillivray's Warbler 2 Common Yellowthroat 3 Wilson's Warbler 1 Yellow-breasted Chat 3 new, 1 return from 2015 Green-tailed Towhee 2 Spotted Towhee 3 Clay-colored Sparrow 1 Brewer's Sparrow 1 (FOS) Lincoln's Sparrow 11 White-crowned Sparrow, Mountain 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 1 Bullock's Oriole 2 (FOS) Lesser Goldfinch 1 (FOS) Open daily, weather permitting, through June 2, EXCEPT for May 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/72457c16-778f-4092-b25d-7655829e4ad8%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
