A lovely day at the banding station! Banded 59 birds of 14 species, including a Nashville Warbler, which is a relative rarity, and a Connecticut Warbler, which is the first ever caught at Barr in the fall (there is a record of one caught on 5/24/93).
We did a really fun one hour virtual program with the Tuesday Birders, who, according to Ann Bonnell, have been visiting the Barr Lake Banding Station annually since it started some 32 years ago. Tuesday Birders are not meeting in person this year because of Covid, so we brought birds to them virtually in their homes - could not break their record of annual visits! Here's the breakdown of today's birds: Downy Woodpecker 1 House Wren 3 Gray Catbird 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 7 Nashville Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon's 7 Connecticut Warbler 1 Wilson's Warbler 26 Spotted Towhee 1 Green-tailed Towhee 1 Clay-colored Sparrow 1 Lincoln's Sparrow 7 Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow 1 Mountain White-crowned Sparrow 1 If you'd like to visit: Due to restrictions related to Covid-19, we are requiring visitors to make a reservation and we will have only 6 visitors at the station at a time. We are doing three one-hour time slots, from 8-9, 9-10, and 10-11, on Tuesdays and then Thursdays through Sundays, through October 11. There is a $5 per person fee; scholarships are available to those unable to pay. All visitors, staff and volunteers will be wearing masks and people will be expected to socially distance. To register and for more information go to www.birdconservancy.org/bandingregister 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/b108cf11-cdb7-4d32-8c47-124091b415e0n%40googlegroups.com.
