Well that's a wrap folks. We finished up the 2017 season on Friday after a bit of a rollercoaster week. We started the week well with 61 and 62 birds banded on Monday and Tuesday but followed it up with only 7 birds on Wednesday as rain forced us to close the nets after 45 minutes. Thursday was back up into the low 40s but Friday, our last day was a wash as more rain kept us closed.
In Week 5 we banded 166 birds including our first *Brown Creeper, Cedar Waxwing, Curve-billed Thrasher, Downy Woodpecker, *and both *Red-shafted and Intergrade Flickers. *We also had our first *Least Flycatcher* of the fall, the station has caught one every year since it's opening and we managed to get this fall's bird on the last day of banding. Season Recap: 911 birds of 60 species through 5 weeks of banding. Two station firsts: *Baltimore Oriole *and *Pacific Wren.* Other Notables: *Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Sharp-shinned Hawk *(2)*, Red-eyed Vireo *(3), *Bewick's Wren, Nashville Warbler, Virginia's Warbler, *and a *Calliope Hummingbird* (unbanded). *Wilson's Warblers*, as expected, made up the bulk of our birds. We banded 291 of them this fall. *Lincoln's Sparrows, Orange-crowned Warblers, and Ruby-crowned Kinglets* also made up a large percentage of our birds. Interesting birds that we never caught but were seen in and around the station included a *Pygmy Nuthatch, Evening Grosbeak, Red-headed Woodpecker, *and of course, David Tønnessen's *Tropical Kingbird. * Thanks to everyone that came down to the station and shared our birds and we hope to see some of you in the Spring. Good Birding, Aaron Yappert Assistant Bander -- 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/256d1e7c-a603-4a46-a007-d3797a0895cc%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
