Cold, damp weather for the first couple of hours, then some wind, finally fairly nice for the last hour or so. Lots of visitors, including Norm Lewis' group from DMNS, enjoying the birds. Was relatively slow until mid-day, when a couple of nice flocks of Yellow-rumped Warblers came through. When the groups of Wilson's, Orange-crowns and Yellows come through they tend to spread out over space and time; the Yellow-rumpeds stick together - we had 18 in 2 neighboring nets in our 10:40 run. Most of them HYs. Made for a busy mid-morning! Here's the breakdown for the day:
Hermit Thrush 3 Orange-crowned Warbler 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler 28 Unidentified Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Wilson's Warbler 11 Spotted Towhee 1 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 2 Come visit! We are open 6 days per week (*CLOSED Mondays*), weather permitting, through October 15. We are opening nets at 7 a.m. and should have birds back at the station before 7:45. We will close most days by about 11:30. 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/d4583319-3bd0-4bf8-8ebb-0812ecca3e2c%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
