Fittingly, the last day of what's been a warm and windy month was warm and windy. We enjoyed about an hour of nice conditions this morning before the south breeze picked up, and we had to close most of our nets by 9:00. Not too many birds turned up as a result: 13 newly banded individuals, 1 recapture, and 6 total species.
The morning's highlight was another *Sharp-shinned Hawk*, a hatch-year female that made for a nice contrast to last week's much smaller male. Otherwise, we noted a decent number of Hermit Thrushes, Kinglets, and Yellow-rumped Warblers around, but most of them were among the tall cottonwoods on the more-protected north side of the banding station area where we don't have nets set up. Here's hoping they'll turn up among the nets tomorrow. Another interesting capture was a male Ruby-crowned Kinglet with yellow-orange crown feathers rather than the typical scarlet/ruby color. This is a relatively rare color variation found in under 10% of male kinglets! Today's summary: Wilson's Warbler 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6 Hermit Thrush 2 Gray Catbird 1 + 1 recapture Spotted Towhee 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 We are open 6 days a week, closed on Sundays. Tomorrow we'll be operating nets from 6:50–11:50 AM on Monday, and from 7:00 AM––Noon the remaining days––weather permitting. Come visit! 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/e3227296-18c2-48c4-969f-7941daaa283f%40googlegroups.com.
