Our 'just another quiet fall morning at Barr" was interrupted at about 8:40 when a mixed flock of Flickers and Starlings came through. Both species have been around for weeks, and we've caught a few Flickers, but this morning we got 3 of each on the same net run. A somewhat raucous few minutes as we extricated these birds with out-sized personalities from 2 adjacent nets. Ended the day with 4 Flickers, one of which was a gorgeous Intergrade - a red-shafted head pattern with beautiful yellow on the wings and tail, and one of which was banded on September 30 last year, the day we caught 5 in the same net run. A nice morning, with 18 new, 1 return and a good mix of species:
Red-shafted Flicker 2 new, 1 banded last year Flicker Intergrade 1 House Wren 1 Hermit Thrush 1 Gray Catbird 1 European Starling 3 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon's 1 Wilson's Warbler 1 Spotted Towhee 1 Song Sparrow 2 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 2 We are open 6 days each week, weather permitting, through October 16. This week we are CLOSED TUES, OCT 4; next week, Wed, Oct 12. We are opening nets at about 6:50 a.m. and most days 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/3ebcb904-e675-4fa9-848c-6cb67da2fa51%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
