We went from wet to warm, pretty much over night! First day this season that we started closing early because of the heat.
But a lovely if slowish early morning, with a nice mix of birds, including 5 first of season species. The highlight was a truly lovely WHITE-EYED VIREO. Here is a breakdown of the 12 new and 3 returns from prior years: White-eyed Vireo 1 House Wren 4 Gray Catbird (FOS) 2 Yellow Warbler 1, banded in 2016 Common Yellowthroat 1 Yellow-breasted Chat 1 new, 1 banded in 2015, 1 in 2016 Red-winged Blackbird (FOS) 1 Lesser Goldfinch (FOS) 1 American Goldfinch (FOS) 1 The banding station runs daily, weather permitting, through June 1 (except Memorial Day), from 7:00 to approximately 11:30. There have been some changes in WEEKEND visiting policies - If you are planning a weekend visit, I strongly encourage you to go to Denveraudubon.org to get more information and guarantee your spot by PRE-REGISTERING. Weekdays are the same as in the past - school groups arrive between 9:30 and 10; early weekday mornings are the best time for a peaceful visit with us and the birds! Meredith McBurney Bander Chatfield 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/c8c60cbf-d223-4191-9b24-70cff17422be%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
