Last night's cold front brought some pleasantly cooler weather this morning, and at first it seemed to bring plenty of birds. But after a busy opening net check, things quickly slowed down, and when the wind started picking up soon after, we had to shut down a little early. In the end, we only banded 16 birds and had 1 recapture, of 11 total species.
But for the second day in the row, we had another superlative capture: a juvenile *Red-headed Woodpecker, *the first banding record of this species at Chico Basin! I suppose lightning does strike twice. Along with that woodpecker we also had the first *White-crowned Sparrow *of the fall, as well as a first-of-season *Blue Jay *adult in heavy molt. A summary of the morning's birds: Wilson's Warbler 4 + 1 recapture Dusky Flycatcher 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Western Tanager 3 Swainson's Thrush 1 Hermit Thrush 1 White-crowned Sparrow 1 (Gambel's subspecies, FOS) Yellow-breasted Chat 1 Red-headed Woodpecker 1 (1st Chico Basin record) American Robin 1 Blue Jay 1 (FOS) We are open 6 days a week, closed on Sundays. This week we'll be opening nets at 6:40 AM and closing at 11:40 AM, weather permitting. Hopefully the wind will be a little calmer the next couple days. Visitors are welcome! Robert Snowden Bander, Chico Basin Ranch 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/a30fc491-524f-494f-8e71-250814f52d88%40googlegroups.com.
