Hey COBirders, VERY slow this morning. Hot, clear, windy, and almost no migrants caught today at Clear Spring Ranch banding. The majority of birds seen today were probably local breeders, and I recaptured several from previous breeding seasons.
First bird caught at 6:45 this morning was a second-year female Virginia’s Warbler. Last bird caught at 10:30 was a Northern Waterthrush (#8 for the season, also second-year, sex unknown). Interestingly, the Oriole arrival continues. In the last three days I’ve banded 19 Bullock’s Orioles, 75% males, and 5 Orchard Orioles, all males (and gorgeous). At one point I had 11 orioles in one net at the same time. Nothing like that today, but a single of each species was caught today. Previous seasons I have a total of ONE OROR (f), and 8-9 BUOR (5 from one family group in August), so this is quite different. If this trend of very few migrants, and mostly breeders continues, I’ll probably shut-down for the season soon. I don’t like bothering nesting birds. Life is tough enough! Good birding, Steve Brown Colo Spgs -- 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/4D031E81-F227-4F86-9450-7C3591DE4B5B%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
