Hey COBirders,
This fall was phenomenal for numbers of birds banded at Clear Spring Ranch (El
Paso Co.). I started early (8/3 this year) to get a jump on Yellow Warblers
that were already migrating, and hoped for Orange-crowned Warblers and Kinglets
later in October. What wasn’t expected was the incredible number of sparrows
caught this year, on the fringe of an uncut oat field. I had four days where I
banded over 100 birds in a morning, and averaged about 35 birds/day, when
previously 30 birds was an exceptional day! I doubt that I’ll see these kind of
numbers again at CSR!
Listed here are the numbers for the most commonly caught species, their numbers
for the best previous fall, and the span of dates captured.
Total birds 2354, previous best 521, 51 species, 8/3-10/23.
W Wood Pewee, 20, prev 4, 8/3-10/13
Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 6, prev 8, 9/9-10/21
Gray Catbird 43, prev 30, 8/3-10/17
N Waterthrush 19, prev 1, 8/11-9/7
Orange-crnd Warbler 23, prev 28, 9/3-10/17
MacGillivray’s Warbler 12, prev 2, 8/13-9/24
Com Yellowthroat 64, prev 31, 8/3-9/22
Yellow Warbler 53, prev 39, 8/3-9/10
Wilson’s Warbler 127, prev 75, 8/13-10/17
Yellow-breasted Chat 20, prev 7, 8/24-9/24
Spotted Towhee 40, prev 16, 8/15-10/22
Savannah Sparrow 112, prev 1, 8/4-9/27
Clay-colored Sparrow 38, prev 1, 8/16-9/17
Brewer’s Sparrow 3, prev 3, 8/24-9/8
Chipping Sparrow 1031, prev 96, 8/14-10/23
Lincoln’s Sparrow 151, prev 13, 9/1-10/21
Song Sparrow 115, prev 52, 8/4-10/23
Gamb White-crnd Sprw 151, prev 75, 9/11-10/23
Vesper Sparrow 5, prev 0, 8/16-9/24
Dark-eyed Junco 13, prev 11, 9/26-10/22 (Oregon,
Gray-headed, Pink-sided, Slate-colored)
Black-headed Grosbeak 30, prev 1, 8/4-8/30
Blue Grosbeak 14, prev 1, 8/8-9/8
Lazuli Bunting 87, prev 6, 8/4-9/24
Indigo Bunting 5, prev 1 8/17-9/11
Other noteworthy birds - My first ever banded for Yellow-headed Blackbird
(8/24) and Dickcissel (8/29). Also, unusually low numbers for
Brown Thrasher (1), Red-shafted Flicker (1), W Tanager (1), Orchard Oriole (1),
Swainson’s Thrush (1), and Hermit Thrush (2).
Thanks for the encouraging words I received from many of you this season. It
was an enlightening season, and a lot of fun.
Good birding,
Steve Brown
Colorado Springs
--
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/29937E64-F421-45D0-A179-9F6CC5E2E39D%40gmail.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
