Outstanding ending to an outstanding effort. Thanks for all your work Meredith and letting all of us "play" with you.
Charlie Denver On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 11:50 AM Meredith McBurney < [email protected]> wrote: > Our final day of banding for 2022 was both slow and very exciting. Only > nine birds banded on a day that ended early due to wind. But one of those > nine was a Northern Shrike, and that pretty much made up for the lack of > activity. None of us had ever seen one that "up close", and we marveled at > the shape interesting shape of its bill - we looked carefully but avoided > contact! (It appears that this is likely the 2nd ever caught at the > banding station, the other one being caught on Nov 6, 1988!) > > So, here's the final nine for the season: > > Northern Shrike 1 > Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon's 2 > Yellow-rumped Warbler, Myrtle 2 > White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 1 > Dark-eyed Junco, Oregon 2 > Dark-eyed Junco, Pink-sided 1 > > Lots of data to enter and analysis to be done; I'll be back with a report > relatively soon, I hope! We had a good season, with just over 1800 > individual birds caught, well above the 1100 caught in our dismal season > last year. We'll see how it looks when we factor in net hours. My thanks > to a wonderful team of volunteers and staff who make it possible to run 25 > nets 6 mornings a week for 9 weeks in order to monitor the songbirds coming > through our area each fall. Also, thanks to all our visitors as well as > those of you who read and comment on the daily posts! > > 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/71c1dd8d-bc0e-496f-ab4c-d386fc8157e3n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/71c1dd8d-bc0e-496f-ab4c-d386fc8157e3n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- -- 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/CA%2BBAsdtL1pqMgWeonL0BGhm38nhuWmtjdze1%2B7o2F%3DtppCebCg%40mail.gmail.com.
