Hey COBirders, Another busy day at Clear Spring Ranch banding - 84 birds netted (although 15 were Redwinged Blackbird females, and 9 were Brown-headed Cowbirds - which I choose not to band, and save my fingers getting chopped up - Icterids have sharp claws that rip skin and nets.) On a different day I probably would have caught even more, but in the active time when I actually netted most of the birds, the nets were standing out perpendicular in the East wind - and I STILL caught 40 birds! How many bounced off, or saw the moving nets???
Lots of mixed sparrows again, and a few more FOY’s showed up as well Seen - quick glance while driving out - along the entrance road, recently flooded - Lesser Yellowlegs and Cattle Egret (neither do I see often here) Banded: (SY=Second year, as in hatched in 2021) FOY Virginia’s Warbler (Ad M) 4 Com Yellowthroat males (3 SY, 1 Ad) FOY Lazuli Bunting (Ad M) - spankin’ (photo below) FOY Vesper Sparrow (2 AD) 35 Chipping Sparrows FOY Clay-colored Sparrow (3 SY’s) 2 Brewer’s Sparrows (SY) Lincoln’s Sparrow Mountain White-crowned Sparrow (ad), (and 1 Gambel’s SY) Lark Sparrow (2 Ad, 1 SY) 2 Spotted Towhee (Ad M, Sy F) Happy Migration! Steve Brown Colo Spgs -- -- 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/E73017A8-2747-402F-9A72-897448236D3B%40gmail.com.
