A great fall day, which we shared with the Tuesday Birders! We banded 66 new birds, with lots of the usual late fall species plus a rarity and a super-rarity - A White-throated Sparrow and (ta-dah!) a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER (the 3rd in 31 years). Here's the breakdown:
Dusky Flycatcher 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 7 Hermit Thrush 3 Prothonotary Warbler 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 12 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Myrtle 4 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon's 8 Spotted Towhee 2 Chipping Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 1 Lincoln's Sparrow 2 White-throated Sparrow 1 White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 5 Dark-eyed Junco, Slate-colored 1 Dark-eyed Junco, Oregon 6 Dark-eyed Junco, Pink-sided 10 Tomorrow, the high-tech folks from DMNS will be out producing Scientists in Action - Garth Spellman and I will be talking about bird banding and conservation directly to over 1200 students in schools throughout Colorado (plus Texas, Indiana, Michigan and Alaska!) This is our last week, plus a storm is forecast for Thursday and very cold weather for Friday. The earliest we will open nets is 7:40. We are closing nets most days at 11:40. We will try to keep you posted about changes due to weather! Come visit! Meredith McBurney Bander, Barr Lake Station Bird Conservancy of the Rockies Visitors are welcome at our banding stations. Registration is required for groups. For more information and hours of operation, visit birdconservancy.org/birdbanding -- 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/ff14ba76-efc0-4439-8bbf-85379f3eb533%40googlegroups.com.
