After two days of rain, we anticipated a busy morning yesterday, if not with migrants passing through then our summer residents out feeding. But it was pretty quiet, with just 24 new birds caught. There was a nice variety, so it was a good learning experience for our visitors from Denver Audubon's Beginning Birder class.
Lots of water in some areas of the station; several of the river nets could not be opened because the water was so high. And special thanks to the volunteers who added a day to help convince the bobcat to go elsewhere! (We did not see him/her.) Here's the breakdown: Least Flycatcher 2 Hammond's Flycatcher 2 Dusky Flycatcher 1 (FOS) House Wren 2 Gray Catbird 1 new, 1 banded 2021, recaught 2022 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Yellow Warbler 2 banded 2022, 1 banded 2021 (of the 22 YEWAs caught to date, 12 were already banded. All but 1 of the 22 were adults.) Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon's 2 Common Yellowthroat 1 Yellow-breasted Chat 2 Green-tailed Towhee 3 Lincoln's Sparrow 2 Red-winged Blackbird 1 We are rained out today, closed on Monday. Hope to be back out on Tuesday! 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/dee0b2d7-78d1-48db-866c-f93887ede7a7n%40googlegroups.com.
