Today was a great day at the banding station, our busiest of the season by far, with lots of birds and birders passing through. Our highlights for the day were a Red-eyed Vireo and a Rock Wren, as well as the various expected warblers and finally our first Bullock's Oriole and Yellow-breasted Chat. In total we processed 55 birds of 20 species, including 3 recaptures from prior years. To put this in perspective for this spring season thus far, our first 2 weeks (7 days of banding total) we banded 55 birds (plus a handful of recaptures) so we roughly equaled that in a single day today. Here are the totals:
House Wren - 7 Least Flycatcher - 1 Dusky Flycatcher - 2 Yellow Warbler - 9 Wilson's Warbler - 2 Orange-crowned Warbler - 1 'Audubon's' Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3 Common Yellowthroat - 4 MacGillivray's Warbler - 4 American Goldfinch - 1 Lincoln's Sparrow - 7 Rock Wren - 1 Red-eyed Vireo - 1 Swainson's Thrush - 2 Yellow-breasted Chat - 2 Gray Catbird - 2 Spotted Towhee - 1 Brown Thrasher - 1 Western Kingbird - 1 recap from 2020 Bullock's Oriole - 1 new and 2 recaps from 2018 We are open 3 days per week (Friday - Sunday) through May 30th. We'll also be open Thurs May 20th. Chico Basin Ranch is once again open to the public and visitors are welcome at the banding station, click here <https://ranchlands.com/day-visits/birding-wildlife-viewing/> for more details on visiting. We are opening nets at about 5:30am and continuing for 5 hours, depending on weather. Colin Woolley Bird Conservancy of the Rockies -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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/4bc4f9f4-15c5-4e37-a449-b0b52ccf554fn%40googlegroups.com.
