We've banded 118 birds in 9 days of banding since opening the station on April 22. Numbers of captures are typically low in April and this season is certainly typical thus far, with a high of 30 individuals banded on 4/26 (current season high) and low of 3 on 4/27 and 4/28.
Also typical here in spring is catching the first Swainson's Thrush on the 1st of May, and this year is no exception. May 2nd brought the first Western Tanager, MacGillivray's Warbler, and Veery into the nets. Species list as of Wednesday, May 3rd: Blue Jay Red-breasted Nuthatch House Wren Ruby-crowned Kinglet Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Townsend's Solitaire American Robin Veery Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush Brown Thrasher Orange-crowned Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler - Audubon's and Myrtle MacGillivray's Warbler Western Tanager Spotted Towhee White-crowned Sparrow - Gambel's Lincoln's Sparrow House Finch Nancy Gobris 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/BN6PR01MB272219217C79D9F05AB30800CFEA0%40BN6PR01MB2722.prod.exchangelabs.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
