We were back at it today, after a day off for bad weather. Birds were out and fairly active; we banded 24, caught 1 new that was banded last year, and recaught a bunch of birds that had been banded earlier this season. Lots of visitors, for our final Saturday at Chatfield this spring. Here's the breakdown for the day:
Western Wood-pewee 5 (a great season for pewees!) Least Flycatcher 1 Dusky Flycatcher 1 House Wren 1 Swainson's Thrush 3 (a last burst of migration?) Gray Catbird 1 Yellow Warbler 6 Common Yellowthroat 1 Yellow-breasted Chat 1, banded 2015 Song Sparrow 2 (both males, in breeding condition) Red-winged Blackbird 1 Brown-headed cowbird 1 Bullock's Oriole 1 Open tomorrow (Sunday), then closed Memorial Day, then open Tuesday through Thursday. 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 be closed 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/f0f1655d-1856-4124-b595-91318889090f%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
