For what it is worth…. I checked Birdcast this morning pre-dawn, and was getting excited for banding possibilities at Clear Spring Ranch (El Paso Co). It was a dud. Maybe my slowest September day ever at CSR.
Few Chipping Sparrows (none netted), fewer warblers. Netted 8 birds all morning - banded 3, saw 2 more warblers. I DID band a young Red-eyed Vireo, and a Hatch-year Dusky Flycatcher, but it was SLOW. The big events for the day were - (1) 500+ Common Grackles flushed from a field in one giant flock by a Prairie Falcon, and (2) 22 Western Kingbirds lining the fence on the way out - my second biggest arrival of those ever. Hoping for more this weekend - Steve Brown Colo Spgs > On Sep 2, 2021, at 6:23 AM, Bryan Guarente <[email protected]> wrote: > > COBirders, > This morning, the cloud cover is relatively low, and I am sitting out on the > patio right at sun-up to see if there are any birds calling while they are > passing by. No luck so far, but the winds aren't great for migration yet. > The day is young though. Right now, the pattern looks like this: > https://earth.nullschool.net/#2021/09/02/1200Z/wind/isobaric/850hPa/orthographic=-108.61,45.45,2061/loc=-105.120,40.191 > > <https://earth.nullschool.net/#2021/09/02/1200Z/wind/isobaric/850hPa/orthographic=-108.61,45.45,2061/loc=-105.120,40.191> > (green circle is Longmont, CO) > > > Best of luck out there. May the birds concentrate in your area one day. > Bryan > > Bryan Guarente > Meteorologist/Instructional Designer > UCAR/The COMET Program > Boulder, CO > -- -- 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/68E8776C-BDC2-4667-B779-6CB52B4C181C%40gmail.com.
