Hiya! Today we banded our 900th bird for the fall banding season here at Chico Basin Ranch (fee area). It was a *Blue Jay*! Haha now I know some of you were thinking that it might be a *Brown Thrasher* as we have managed to catch more of them than I, at least, ever thought possible. In fact, we're up to 48 newly banded Brown Thrashers this season, but who's counting. ;)
Another highlight today was a stunning *White-eyed Vireo*, a bird that we have not banded here in the fall since 2012. This was the second vireo that's usually considered a more 'eastern' bird, the first being the* Bell's Vireo*, that we've caught and banded this season. And after the *Prothonotary Warbler*....and the* Canada Warbler*....and the *Magnolia Warbler*, you'd think we'd run out of awesome birds down here at the Ranch, but you just never know what's going to turn up next! Also of note, we banded two more *Cooper's Hawks* today, bringing our total count for accipiters this season up to four. We're open every day through October 1st. Please note that this week there are large school groups scheduled on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Hope to see you out on the Ranch! Laura-Marie Koitsch Bird Bander- Chico Basin Ranch 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/c7956b38-e579-49f5-8de6-8f046494c6b9%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
