Nice third-to-last day of the season. Highlight was an Olive-sided Flycatcher. Caught in the same run as a couple of Western Wood-pewees, the OSFL seemed like a giant. And he was beautiful. The last of the Yellow Warblers are arriving - We banded 7, all but 1 were females that hatched last year (usually the last to arrive in the spring).
Here's the breakdown for the day: Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 Western Wood-pewee 5 (These guys are having a great year - We've now caught twice as many as in any previous year at this station) Swainson's Thrush 1 Gray Catbird 3 Yellow Warbler 9 new, 1 banded 2013 Common Yellowthroat 1 Yellow-breasted Chat 2 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 Red-winged Blackbird 1 Open tomorrow (Wednesday) and Thursday, and then done for the season! 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 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/0294a7c8-b9b6-4b89-ba55-277a01220afc%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
