A busy opening day with an unusual mix of birds. 80 birds, 14 species. Not many migrants, but a wide assortment of species including some fairly common but not usually captured:
Mourning Dove 1 Western Wood-pewee 4 Willow Flycatcher 1 Western Kingbird 1 (common summer resident, but most have left before banding starts, we had 1 in 2019 and no others in the past 15 years) Black-billed Magpie 1 (2 in past 15 years) Black-capped Chickadee 4 House Wren 25 (24 of which were hatch year birds) Yellow Warbler 22 new, 1 banded in 2020, 1 in 2019 MacGillivray's Warbler 1 Wilson's Warbler 2 Chipping Sparrow 4 Song Sparrow 6 Black-headed Grosbeak 2 Blue Grosbeak 4 (1 adult male, 1 older hatch year, and 2 just out of the nest) We will be open 6 days a week, weather permitting through October 23. Closed Mondays. Click here <https://birdconservancy.doubleknot.com/event/calendar/4525> to register to visit - we are offering one-hour slots (up to 12 visitors at a time); 7:30-8:30 most weekdays, and 8-9, 9-10, and 10-11 on weekends. We look forward to seeing many of you during the season! 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 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/f836e653-bbc0-4339-a960-66f0a69e2d8dn%40googlegroups.com.
