Was yesterday a lull? Not sure, but today we had everything we want at the banding station - lots of interesting birds, appreciative visitors (including a good contingent from the Broomfield Bird Club), and homemade cinnamon rolls (provided by a station visitor). We banded steadily all morning, and then capped everything off by catching a Broad-winged Hawk, not surprisingly the first-ever at the station and a first-in-the-hand for me. Here's a breakdown of the 68 new birds:
Broad-winged Hawk 1 Western Wood-pewee 1 Dusky Flycatcher 1 House Wren 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6 Hermit Thrush 1 Gray Catbird 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 14 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon's 11 Common Yellowthroat 1 Wilson's Warbler 5 Green-tailed Towhee 1 Chipping Sparrow 8 Song Sparrow 2 Lincoln's Sparrow 5 White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 3 Dark-eyed Junco, Pink-sided 4 Dark-eyed Junco, Gray-headed 1 We are open 6 days per week, Tuesday-Sunday, 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, earlier as long as this heat continues. 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. Come visit! 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/8b456748-2db9-4dee-bff3-22949c11da71%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
