Today seemed to mark the beginning of real activity among Yellow Warblers - We banded 6 new, caught 3 from prior years, caught another 6 banded earlier this season. In several instances, we caught a male and female side by side in the net. Our "best bird" of the day was a female American Redstart, a species that we believe breeds at Chatfield but we rarely catch. Here's the breakdown on the 22 new and 3 returns:
House Wren 3 Swainson's Thrush 1 Gray Catbird 3 Yellow Warbler 6 new, 3 returns (2 banded 2015, 1 in 2014) American Redstart 1 Common Yellowthroat 3 Wilson's Warbler 1 Yellow-breasted Chat 2 Spotted Towhee 1 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/02f5e183-d68a-47e8-858f-fc8dfb24505e%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
