Hey COBirders, I expected this morning would be as quiet as it has been all week, with the clear skies and warm air, but there was a good arrival of migrants between 8 and 9 a.m. at Clear Spring Ranch. This area along Fountain Creek is a corridor, not a trap, so birds often turn up later in the morning, not just at dawn. Turns out it was my most productive morning banding this spring.
Banding included: FOS Northern Waterthrush (adult) Orange-crowned Warbler (SY female) 4 Yellow Warblers (all adult males) Common Yellowthroat (adult female) FOS Ruby-crowned Kinglet (SY female) 5 House Wrens 3 Lincoln's Sparrows Mountain White-crowned Sparrow FOS Green-tailed Towhee (adult female) Red-winged Blackbirds Also seen: FOS Lewis's Woodpecker (2 flying through) FOS Bullock's Oriole FOS Turkey Vulture (real late for me) Yellow-rumped Warbler (mixed, many) 50 Chipping Sparrows Have a birdy weekend, Steve Brown Colo Spgs Sent from my iPad -- 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/E6C1BE7E-A0DF-4F10-89FB-B1F16B81D8C7%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
