Today started off very busy, we had ~20 birds in the first hour and were on pace for our busiest day of the season. Well, over the next 4 hours things slowed down considerably and we ended the day with 32 newly banded birds of 18 species. Still a fine day, and it seems there was a lot of turnover overnight, with no recaps of previously banded birds (no Kentucky Warbler seen/netted either). We had great diversity in the area, my ebird checklist for the morning topped 50 species for the first time this season. Here are our totals:
Willow Flycatcher - 1 House Wren - 1 Rock Wren - 1 Yellow Warbler - 2 Wilson's Warbler - 1 Orange-crowned Warbler - 1 Audubon's Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1 Common Yellowthroat - 2 MacGillivray's Warbler - 7 Ovenbird - 1 Lincoln's Sparrow - 2 Hermit Thrush - 2 Swainson's Thrush - 1 Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 Gray Catbird - 3 Bullock's Oriole - 3 Northern Mockingbird - 1 Brown Thrasher - 1 We are open 3 days per week (Friday - Sunday) through May 30th. 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/eea28bc4-7a77-4b58-a3eb-666e4765385dn%40googlegroups.com.
