Hi Meredith, Thanks for the update. I meant to call BCR today to request a slot for a FRBC group for the 1st Sat in October. Is there someone to call or email specifically?
Thanks, Chip On Fri, Aug 24, 2018, 8:55 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > Fall bird banding at Barr starts tomorrow, Saturday, August 25. We were > out on Thursday doing training for our naturalist volunteers. We opened the > 12 front nets and caught 30 birds in our one and only run. There were the > usual chickadees and House Wrens, 4 warbler species and 2 vireo species, > including a Cassin’s, suggesting that we might be in for an interesting and > busy fall. > > > As we start into fall I want to offer a quick summary of spring banding at > Chatfield. The most noticeable thing about last spring was how few birds > were caught. At 447 individual birds, it was the lowest since 2012 and 40% > below 2017. Almost all migrating species were below normal. > > The Yellow Warbler is our most commonly caught species at Chatfield and > the species we’ve tracked most carefully over the years. We banded only 51 > YEWAs this year, fewer than any prior year. (We banded 107 in 2017.) > However, the number of returns – birds banded in prior years and recaught – > was about normal at 29. This included one from each 2011 and 2012 and four > from 2013. The one from 2011 was banded as an adult, making her at least > nine years old. Interestingly, the 2011 and 2012 birds had not been caught > again until this year – how did we miss them in all those intervening > years?! > > > The best bird of the season was our 100th species caught at Chatfield, a > spectacular Prothonotary Warbler. > > > There are lots of possible reasons for the low numbers this spring at > Chatfield. One is the conditions last fall - We (and the birds) were > plagued by hot, dry weather following a summer of forest fires in the areas > north of us where the birds that migrate through eastern Colorado breed. > Even for the birds that survived the heat and fires, I wondered if their > health might be compromised, making it more difficult for them to survive > their migration. > > > So, I’m hoping the birds that made it back have had a great breeding > season, and we will see lots of young birds coming through on > migration.....Stay tuned! > > > Open 6 mornings a week; closed Mondays, through October 14. > > > Come visit! > > > Meredith McBurney > > Bander/Biologist > > Barr Lake Banding 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/4fcfac90-0484-4bb3-948a-cbfe47917ac7%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/4fcfac90-0484-4bb3-948a-cbfe47917ac7%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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/CAPHVJehkj_VdaUu7hJSz_8Lq%3D8nWwdmOhX%2BTF0qaMzTfsJ5wDQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
