Our first cold morning. With only half the nets open we still managed to catch and band 36 new birds. I was anticipating sparrow and other colder weather birds, but the Kinglets (including our 2nd GCKI of the season) and Warblers dominated, coming through in a couple of tight flocks during the course of the morning. Here's the breakdown:
Red-shafted Flicker 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 Hermit Thrush 3 Orange-crowned Warbler 9 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon's 4 Wilson's Warbler 8 Song Sparrow 1 White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 5 Dark-eyed Junco, Pink-sided 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. 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/f57c3b80-dbe6-4acc-b227-bc512951abd0%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
