Our busiest day yet was also one of our most interesting - wide variety of species (20), 2 cool unusual species (a RED-EYED VIREO and a Pine Siskin), great mix of ages and sexes, more birds coming into breeding condition. It was cool all morning, and the birds came in a steady stream. A total of 59 new, 2 returns from prior years:
Western Wood-pewee 3 Hammond's Flycatcher (FOS) 1 Dusky Flycatcher 4 Warbling Vireo 2 Red-eyed Vireo 1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3 Violet-green Swallow 4 House Wren 3 new, 1 banded in 2016 Swainson's Thrush 3 Hermit Thrush 1 Gray Catbird 4 Cedar Waxwing 4 Yellow Warbler 9 new, 1 banded in 2015 MacGillivray's Warbler 2 Wilson's Warbler 4 Western Tanager 1 Lincoln's Sparrow 7 Bullock's Oriole 1 Pine Siskin 1 American Goldfinch 1 The banding station runs daily, weather permitting, through June 1 (except Memorial Day), from 7:00 to approximately 11:30. WEEKEND visitors should PRE-REGISTER at Denveraudubon.org. We were very busy through last weekend but I understand there are plenty of openings for next weekend, the last of the season, so if you've been waiting now is the time! Weekdays school groups arrive around 10; early weekday mornings are the time to drop in 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/60d51bfa-80cf-47e5-b6b8-07de20a10cf9%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
