Opening day at Chatfield was a typical spring morning - gorgeous blue skies, no wind, and frozen nets from the rain turned to snow the night before. Also typical for this time of year - not a lot of captures. Banded 7 birds:
House Wren 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Song Sparrow 3 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 Dark-eyed Junco, Oregon 1 There were at least 2 Cooper's Hawks around looking for breakfast, which limited songbird movement. It seemed like there was a male Towhee taunting us from a tree near almost every net; maybe we will start catching them tomorrow........ Come visit! Station is open daily, weather permitting, through the end of May, except for May 10-12 and 28. We open nets about 6:30 and close around noon. If you would like to visit on a weekend, you must pre-register - go to the Audubon Society of Greater Denver website. <http://www.denveraudubon.org/> Perhaps the best time for birders to visit is early in the morning during the week - fewer people and more birds! (School groups start arriving each day between 9:30 and 10:30.) Meredith McBurney Bander Chatfield Banding Station Bird Conservancy of the Rockies 303-349-0245 -- 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/69918ecc-3eb9-4b44-aa33-6b7d5f7af2d9%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
