Apr 23 Today was the first full day of Spring banding at Chico Basin Ranch. It was a bit chilly and the wind picked up as the day went on. We had nets open for our standard 5 hours this morning. In total we banded 17 birds of 12 species:
Orange-crowned Warbler: 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher: 2 Wilson's Warbler: 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet:2 House Wren:2 Yellow-rumped "Audubon's" Warbler: 1 Yellow-rumped "Myrtle" Warbler: 2 Hermit Thrush: 3 Spotted Towhee: 2 Ladder-backed Woodpecker:1 Blue Jay: 1 Song Sparrow: 1 Apr 24 The third day of banding at Chico Basin Ranch started off cold and quickly became very sunny and hot. It was a mostly slow day with the majority of birds banded around 10:30. In total, we banded 21 birds of 12 species: House Wren: 2 Yellow-rumped " Audubon's" Warbler: 2 Chipping Sparrow: 3 Hermit Thrush: 2 "Gambel's" White-crowned Sparrow: 4 Downy Woodpecker: 1 Spotted Towhee: 1 Ladder-backed Woodpecker:1 Blue Jay: 1 Dark-eyed "Pink-sided" Junco: 1 Canyon Towhee : 1 American Robin: 2 We are open 6 days a week (closed Sundays), weather permitting. This week we'll be opening nets around 6:30 and closing around 11:30. Come visit! Genevieve Day 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/1cfb7b4f-37a2-4fb0-ae3a-4ad95ee0ae7c%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
