We and about 100 other bird lovers enjoyed banding and the Barr Lake Birding Festival today. It was slow for the first 1-2 hours, when once again the fog rolled in and hung over the Park. Then it cleared and we caught a nice mix of species for our visitors. Highlight of the day was a Marsh Wren, the first caught at the station since 2007. Here's the breakdown of new birds today:
Downy Woodpecker 1 Western Wood-pewee 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 (FOS) House Wren 7 new, 1 banded 2017 Marsh Wren 1 (FOS and likely only of season!) Orange-crowned Warbler 12 Yellow Warbler 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Aududon's 1 MacGillivray's Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 3 Wilson's Warbler 15 Chipping Sparrow 4 Lincoln's Sparrow 3 We are open 6 days per week (closed Mondays), weather permitting, through October 14. We are opening nets at 6:30 and should have birds back at the station by 7:15. We will close most days by about 11:30. School groups arrive most weekdays at about 9:30. The best time to visit (fewest people, most birds) is before 9:30 weekdays and Sundays. 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/45b1839d-97e3-4960-9501-8a4d9bb39b09%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
