It was an excellent morning at Chatfield, with a nice number (42) of birds and diversity (14) of species, and OUR 105th SPECIES - A STUNNING ADULT MALE EVENING GROSBEAK. OMG, what a head and bill! We also caught our first of season Orange-crowned and Wilson's Warblers and Common Yellowthroat. Here's the breakdown of the new birds:
Downy Woodpecker 1 House Wren 4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet1 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Myrtle 12 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon's 11 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Intergrade 1 Common Yellowthroat 1 Wilson's Warbler 1 Spotted Towhee 1 Green-tailed Towhee 1 Song Sparrow 2 Lincoln's Sparrow 2 White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 1 Evening Grosbeak 1 We will be banding mornings Tuesday through Sunday (closed on Mondays) through May 31. Denver Audubon has scheduled one-hour time slots at 7:30, 8:30 and 9:30 for visitors on weekends; visit here <https://denveraudubon.org/events/> to register. (I believe many time slots are already sold out, so register soon if you would like to visit.) Meredith McBurney Bander, Chatfield Banding 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/eeb92882-d145-42f2-bff3-9b8b908644a9n%40googlegroups.com.
