Never know what will happen......It was cool and foggy early this morning and we weren't catching much; we were debating whether the fog was becoming mist and whether closing was in order. Then things cleared a bit, and the next run was a good one - caught a Cassin's Vireo and a Blue-headed Vireo almost side by side. We also had a Green-tailed Towhee and a Spotted Towhee at the same time, making for 2 great photo ops in one morning. And a Nashville Warbler. And our first two Catbirds of the season. All in all, a great morning, with 37 new birds of 16 species, plus 2 Chickadees banded last year:
Cassin's Vireo 1 Blue-headed Vireo 1 (First and perhaps only of season) Black-capped Chickadee 2, both banded in 2015 House Wren 3 Hermit Thrush 2 Gray Catbird 2 (FOS) Orange-crowned Warbler 6 Nashville Warbler 1 (FIrst and likely only of season) Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon's 2 Townsend's Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 1 Wilson's Warbler 8 Green-tailed Towhee 2 Spotted Towhee 1 (FOS) Chipping Sparrow 3 Lincoln's Sparrow 2 White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 1 We are open 6 days each week, weather permitting, through October 16.We are closed every Monday in September, then October 4 and 12. We are opening nets at about 6:30 a.m. and we start closing between 11 a.m. and 12 noon. We will open later and/or close earlier if it is very hot, very cold, wet, windy, etc. There are school groups most weekday mornings, usually arriving around 9:30. Best times to visit, if you like lots of birds and fewer humans, are early mornings during the week and Sundays. Meredith McBurney Bander/Biologist Barr Lake Banding Station 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/c739a640-7f3c-4e6b-a786-2512f3a521c9%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
