I kicked off banding at Ridgway State Park on 9/4, and had a great first week! On 9/6 we banded a Sage Thrasher, which is a first ever for the station which has been operating since 2006! Other notable catches was our first Bushtit on 9/7 and Green-tailed Towhee on 9/8! On 9/9 we banded a Yellow-breasted Chat which is fairly rare for the area as Ridgway is a few hundred feet above their normal elevation range!
In total for our first week 72 birds were banded of 20 different species! Our first week totals are as follows: Yellow Warbler - 9 Virginia Warbler - 3 Wilson’s Warbler - 6 MacGillivray’s Warbler - 6 Orang-crowned Warbler -7 House Wren - 6 Black-capped Chickadee - 3 Dusky Flycatcher - 1 Willow Flycatcher - 4 Cassin’s Vireo - 2 Warbling Vireo - 3 Song Sparrow - 5 Lincoln’s Sparrow - 4 Chipping Sparrow - 1 Gray Catbird - 6 American Robin -2 Sage Thrasher - 1 Bushtit - 1 Green-tailed Towhee - 1 Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 I will continue banding from 9/11 to 9/15. Emily Knaack Bander, Ridgway State Park 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/d3b81da8-4f50-42e6-bae0-88fbee37e9f7n%40googlegroups.com.
