After 24+ hours of rain and drizzle, the birds were moving around this morning. The skies were threatening when we arrived, so we opened slowly - a few nets at 6:30, finally got the last ones open by 10 when it was clear that the rain was done, at least for now. Banded 24 new, plus caught 5 more banded in prior years, plus 13 (mostly Yellow Warblers) that had already visited our nets this year. Here's the breakdown of the new plus first-time returns:
Western Wood-pewee 3 Least Flycatcher 1 new, 1 banded in 2017 Dusky Flycatcher 1 House Wren 1 Swainson's Thrush 4 Gray Catbird 2 new, 1 banded 2012 Yellow Warbler 2 new, 3 banded in 2017 Common Yellowthroat 1 Wilson's Warbler 1 Green-tailed Towhee 1 Song Sparrow 1 Lincoln's Sparrow 4 Lesser Goldfinch 2, 1 green-backed, 1 black-backed Come visit! Station is open daily, weather permitting, through the end of May, except for Memorial Day. 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. Perhaps the best time for birders to visit is early in the morning during the week - fewer people and more birds! (School groups arrive each day between 10:00 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/734cfac5-7854-4c1e-a8e5-2717a1ca3b55%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
