A lovely day, with a great variety of birds and a nice group of visitors with whom to share them! We caught a wider variety of birds - 15 species, including 6 that were new for the season. Highlight was a BLACKPOLL WARBLER. Here's the breakdown of the 46 birds banded today:
Western Wood-pewee 1 Black-capped Chickadee 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 (FOS) White-breasted Nuthatch 1 (FOS) Two Nuthatch species on the same day! House Wren 5 Swainson's Thrush 1 (FOS) Yellow Warbler 9 Blackpoll Warbler 1 MacGillivray's Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 1 Wilson's Warbler 21 Green-tailed Towhee 1 (FOS) Clay-colored Sparrow 1 White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 1 (FOS) Come visit! We are open 6 days per week (CLOSED Mondays), weather permitting. We are opening nets at 6:30 and should have birds back at the station before 7:30. We will close most days by about 11:30, earlier now when it is so hot. School groups arrive most weekdays at about 9:30. Meredith McBurney Bander Barr Lake 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/7e3842ae-67c0-4ded-9a71-bcd780b6eac9%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
