After days of iffy weather, it was wonderful to have a lovely sunny fall morning, which we shared with lots of visitors, who enjoyed a wide variety of common but interesting birds. Sparrows dominated, as would be expected in October, but we had at least 1 each of 5 warbler species. Most interesting were some juncos that we had trouble getting down to subspecies and an unusually marked Townsend's Warbler that we spent a lot of time deciding was not some kind of hybrid. Here's the breakdown of the 29 new birds:
Hermit Thrush 2 Orange-crowned Warbler 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon's 7 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Unidentified 1 Townsend's Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 1 Song Sparrow 4 Lincoln's Sparrow 2 White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 3 Dark-eyed Junco, Slate-colored 1 Dark-eyed Junco, Oregon 3 Dark-eyed Junco, Pink-sided 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/d751c432-38a3-44bc-b5de-80b2e3149f20%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
