Today we had a fine morning, with a decent variety and pace of birds, never too busy but never empty-handed either. The continuing surprise was recapturing the Kentucky Warbler yet again, though this time with a higher fat score than previously and weighing in about 2 grams heavier than last week (~15% mass increase). The other surprise was a White-throated Sparrow, our first this season and the latest spring banding record for this species at Chico (all others were in first 2 weeks of May). Overall we banded 30 new birds and had 6 recaptures, of 19 species total:
Dusky Flycatcher - 1 Alder Flycatcher - 1 Western Kingbird - 1 Yellow Warbler - 2 American Redstart - 1 Wilson's Warbler - 1 MacGillivray's Warbler - 1 Kentucky Warbler - 1 recapture Lincoln's Sparrow - 1 White-throated Sparrow - 1 Swainson's Thrush - 10 Hermit Thrush - 1 Lazuli Bunting - 1 Blue Grosbeak - 1 Black-headed Grosbeak - 1 Gray Catbird - 1 Northern Mockingbird - 2 new, 1 recapture Bullock's Oriole - 2 new, 3 recaptures Orchard Oriole - 1 new, 1 recapture 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 5:20am 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/93546287-118f-4b31-9213-e69c7c955ebfn%40googlegroups.com.
