[cobirds] Bird Conservancy of the Rockies Banding Report - Chico Basin Ranch, 10/4/19
Yesterday was the last day of the fall banding season at Chico Basin Ranch. Not surprisingly, the bird volume was pretty low, as it had been for the previous few days. But after a chilly first couple hours, the weather was at least very pleasant to finish things off. Despite the low number of captures, there were some charismatic birds that a visiting group of elementary students got to enjoy: a young male Sharp-shinned Hawk, and an intergrade Northern Flicker which had been eluding us all season! The flicker appeared mostly Red-shafted, but a few red feathers in its nape indicated some Yellow-shafted lineage. The morning's totals were 14 newly-banded birds, 5 recaptures, and 8 species. A summary: Gray Catbird 2 Hermit Thrush 5 + 3 recaptures Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 + 1 recapture Wilson's Warbler 1 + 1 recapture Vesper Sparrow 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Northern Flicker, intergrade 1 (FOS) And that's a wrap for the fall. Through 29 days of banding we ended up with 742 banded birds, 44 recaptures, and 52 species. That number of banded birds is markedly lower than any season in the previous decade, and nearly 400 fewer birds than last years' effort. That's not altogether surprising given the general reports of a slow and/or late migration along the Front Range, and we were also hindered but some frequent warm and windy mornings. Also of note were the lack of recaptured birds from previous seasons. Nevertheless, the data we got will still be very valuable for the Bird Conservancy of the Rockies' monitoring and conservation efforts going forward, and there were certainly many highlights from the last few weeks! Thanks to all those who came out to observe this season, and of course for the volunteers that helped with our banding efforts. Robert Snowden Bander, Bird Conservancy of the Rockies Chico Basin Ranch -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/ea4c7706-428c-4ae2-aa31-998d66285588%40googlegroups.com.
[cobirds] Bird Conservancy of the Rockies Banding Report - Chico Basin Ranch, 10/3/19
We had a little more activity on the penultimate day of the fall season at Chico Basin, though once again we had to deal with some suboptimal weather. The morning started relatively busy before an steady south breeze slowed things down and resulted in early closures for our most productive nets. We finished with 22 newly-banded birds and 3 recaptures, but not much variety, as only 4 species were caught. As with some recent days, there was pretty good thrush and kinglet representation. Our summary: Ruby-crowned Kinglet 7 Wilson's Warbler 1 Dark-eyed Junco, Pink-sided 1 Dark-eyed Junco, Oregon/intergrade 4 Hermit Thrush 9 + 3 recaptures. Visitors are welcome at our banding stations. Registration is required for groups. For more information and hours of operation, visit birdconservancy.org/birdbanding. Tomorrow (Friday) will be the final day of the season. We'll be opening nets at 7:00 AM and closing at noon, weather permitting. Come visit! Robert Snowden Bander, Chico Basin Ranch Bird Conservancy of the Rockies -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/d7c32fe6-bce7-402f-b9db-4bb9d8aec808%40googlegroups.com.
[cobirds] Bird Conservancy of the Rockies Banding Report - Chico Basin Ranch, 10/2/19
We had one of our slowest days of the season at Chico today. With low clouds and cool, damp conditions to start, things were pretty quiet. The sun burned off the clouds for the last hour or so, and I thought that would bring more birds, but that was not to be. Just not much activity near the nets today. We ended up banding 8 birds of 8 species: Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Wilson's Warbler 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Chipping Sparrow 1 Dark-eyed Junco, Oregon/intergrade 1 Song Sparrow 1 Hermit Thrush 1 White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 1 We band 6 days a week at Chico Basin, closed Sundays. Visitors are welcome at our banding stations. Registration is required for groups. For more information and hours of operation, visit birdconservancy.org/birdbanding. For the remainder of the week, we'll be opening nets at 7:00 AM and closing at noon, weather permitting. Come visit! Robert Snowden Bander, Chico Basin Ranch Bird Conservancy of the Rockies -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/569b7b23-e7fb-40ce-ab92-1beaf205cd68%40googlegroups.com.
[cobirds] Bird Conservancy of the Rockies Banding Report - Chico Basin Ranch, 10/1/19
Happy October! I was much more of a fan of today's weather than I was of the last few days', with overcast skies and seasonably mild temps. Too bad it wasn't the most ideal for getting a high volume of migrant, and for the 3rd straight banding day we had under 20 new captures: 15 birds of 11 species, to be precise. We also had the most recaptures of any day by far this season, with 8 birds, all banded this season. We're still waiting on recaptures from previous years this season. Despite the low volume, there was still a good variety of birds, both in and around the nets. We were especially pleased by a lovely male *Black-and-white Warbler *in our first net on our first net run! That would be just the 8th fall record for this species, and first since 2015. There was also good vireo diversity (both *Cassin's *and *Plumbeous*). As far as our common small migrants go, Wilson's Warblers have pretty much slowed to a trickle and now seem to be handily outnumbered by Ruby-crowned Kinglets at the banding site. Today's summary: Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 + 3 recaptures Wilson's Warbler 1 + 1 recapture Black-and-white Warbler 1 (FOS) Pink-sided Junco 1 Plumbeous Vireo 1 Cassin's Vireo 1 Hermit Thrush 2 + 2 recaptures Gray Catbird 2 + 1 recapture Spotted Towhee 1 Green-tailed Towhee 1 Blue Jay 1 Brown Thrasher 1 recapture We band 6 days a week at Chico Basin, closed Sundays. Visitors are welcome at our banding stations. Registration is required for groups. For more information and hours of operation, visit birdconservancy.org/birdbanding. For the remainder of the week, we'll be opening nets at 7:00 AM and closing at noon, weather permitting. Come visit! Robert Snowden Bander, Chico Basin Ranch Bird Conservancy of the Rockies -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/811ee3b3-cfda-4521-9ef1-a3d5a4062ca9%40googlegroups.com.
[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Chico Basin Ranch, 9/30/19
Fittingly, the last day of what's been a warm and windy month was warm and windy. We enjoyed about an hour of nice conditions this morning before the south breeze picked up, and we had to close most of our nets by 9:00. Not too many birds turned up as a result: 13 newly banded individuals, 1 recapture, and 6 total species. The morning's highlight was another *Sharp-shinned Hawk*, a hatch-year female that made for a nice contrast to last week's much smaller male. Otherwise, we noted a decent number of Hermit Thrushes, Kinglets, and Yellow-rumped Warblers around, but most of them were among the tall cottonwoods on the more-protected north side of the banding station area where we don't have nets set up. Here's hoping they'll turn up among the nets tomorrow. Another interesting capture was a male Ruby-crowned Kinglet with yellow-orange crown feathers rather than the typical scarlet/ruby color. This is a relatively rare color variation found in under 10% of male kinglets! Today's summary: Wilson's Warbler 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6 Hermit Thrush 2 Gray Catbird 1 + 1 recapture Spotted Towhee 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 We are open 6 days a week, closed on Sundays. Tomorrow we'll be operating nets from 6:50–11:50 AM on Monday, and from 7:00 AM––Noon the remaining days––weather permitting. Come visit! Robert Snowden Bander, Chico Basin Ranch Bird Conservancy of the Rockies -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/e3227296-18c2-48c4-969f-7941daaa283f%40googlegroups.com.
[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Chico Basin Ranch, 9/28/19
The weather today truly felt like fall for the first time, but unfortunately, that made it a little harder for us to catch birds. Drizzle postponed our net opening by an hour, and even after that, damp, cloudy, and cool conditions persisted for the remainder of the morning. While I appreciated the cooler temps, there weren't many birds to show for it, with 13 newly banded birds, 1 recapture, and 6 species. There were a few interesting captures though. These included our first *Red-naped Sapsucker* of the season, and the 10th fall banding record for the species here. The sapsucker also had the honor of being the 50th species banded this season at Chico. We also had a *Red-eyed Vireo*––our 3rd capture of the season of the species, more than any previous fall. Today's summary: Wilson's Warbler 5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 Red-eyed Vireo 1 Cassin's Vireo 1 Hermit Thrush 2 + 1 recapture Red-naped Sapsucker 1 (FOS) We are open 6 days a week, closed on Sundays. Next week is our last week of the season, and we'll be operating nets from 6:50–11:50 AM on Monday and Tuesday, and from 7:00 AM––Noon the remaining days. Come visit! Robert Snowden Bander, Chico Basin Ranch Bird Conservancy of the Rockies -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/45647647-a712-4603-a77c-a4871da8906c%40googlegroups.com.
[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Chico Basin Ranch, 9/27/19
While it was another fairly breezy morning at here, the northerly wind direction made a big difference compared to yesterday. Not only were most nets more sheltered, but the wind direction was more favorable for the migrants, and so things were rather productive. I banded 52 new birds and had 2 recaptures, of 11 total species. Those numbers could've been a lot higher but I was on my own and had to limit net hours somewhat––there were a lot of birds around! The most unique capture was a young male *Western Palm Warbler*, only the second fall banding record here (the first was back in 2009)! Otherwise, it was extremely thrushy, with a steady stream of Hermit Thrushes throughout the morning. Sparrows were active as well, especially the White-crowneds, and we had our first Mountain subspecies of the season. Today's summary: Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6 + 1 recapture Wilson's Warbler 4 Orange-crowned Warbler 3 Dark-eyed Junco, Oregon 2 Pink-sided Junco, 1 Palm Warbler, Western 1 (FOS) Lincoln's Sparrow 6 Hermit Thrush 18 White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 6 White-crowned Sparrow, Mountain 1 (FOS) Song Sparrow 1 Spotted Towhee 3 Brown Thrasher 1 recapture We are open 6 days a week, closed on Sundays. Tomorrow we're opening nets at 6:50 AM and closing at 11:50 AM, weather permitting. Come visit! Robert Snowden Bander, Chico Basin Ranch Bird Conservancy of the Rockies -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/58963f9a-f530-4550-a174-f9d40a08a0d1%40googlegroups.com.
[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Chico Basin Ranch, 9/26/19
There was a hint of fall briskness in the air this morning, but a persistent south breeze kept the birds hunkered down and forced some of our most productive nets to close early. That made for a markedly slower day than yesterday's business, with 18 banded birds, 2 recaptures, and 11 total species. A *Vesper's Sparrow *was the day's most unique capture. The summary: Wilson's Warbler 3 + 1 recapture Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Dark-eyed Junco, Pink-sided 3 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 Hermit Thrush 3 Song Sparrow 1 Vesper Sparrow 1 White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 1 Brown Thrasher 1 Spotted Towhee 1 recapture We are open 6 days a week, closed on Sundays. This week we're opening nets at 6:50 AM and closing at 11:50 AM, weather permitting. Come visit! Robert Snowden Bander, Chico Basin Ranch Bird Conservancy of the Rockies -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/48a52d05-99c9-45fc-aa93-3f0aac2f0575%40googlegroups.com.
[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Chico Basin Ranch, 9/25/19
The sparrows have arrived in full force at Chico, and with them, our first consistently busy day of the season. We totaled 63 banded birds and 1 recapture––eclipsing our previous top day of the fall by nearly 20 birds––and 18 species. We're still getting some steady captures of Wilson's and Orange-crowned Warblers, sparrows are starting to take over, representing just over half the total captures today. Among them were our first *Song Sparrow *and *Spotted Towhee* of the season. Today's summary: House Wren 1 Wilson's Warbler 12 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 Dark-eyed Junco, Oregon/intergrade 5 Dark-eyed Junco, Pink-sided 3 + 1 recapture Chipping Sparrow 11 Dusky Flycatcher 2 Orange-crowned Warbler 6 Clay-colored Sparrow 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon's 1 Lincoln's Sparrow 7 Hermit Thrush 1 Swainson's Thrush 1 White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 1 Song Sparrow 1 (FOS) Western Tanager 1 Gray Catbird 3 Spotted Towhee 2 (FOS) American Robin 1 We are open 6 days a week, closed on Sundays. This week we're opening nets at 6:50 AM and closing at 11:50 AM, weather permitting. Come visit! Robert Snowden Bander, Chico Basin Ranch Bird Conservancy of the Rockies -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/6bf891bb-19d5-43b0-932a-69531c7525d3%40googlegroups.com.
[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Chico Basin Ranch, 9/24/19
With overcast, breezy, and mild weather at the start of the morning, I wasn't expecting too many birds today. But we still saw some action with a modest stream of captures throughout the day, ending with 27 newly-banded birds and 1 recapture, of 14 total species. We also surpassed 500 banded birds for the season today! The top highlight was a first-of-season Sharp-shinned Hawk, a young male, that we got to show off to a visiting group of 1st- and 2nd-graders. There also seemed to be plenty of sparrows and thrushes around; though we didn't catch too many of them, we noticed quite a few more skulking around the nets today. Both of the Hermit Thrushes we banded were likely of the uncommon Pacific Lowland group based on their short wing measurements, just like the individual we caught yesterday. Today's summary: Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5 Wilson's Warbler 5 Hammond's Flycatcher 2 Dusky Flycatcher 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Chipping Sparrow 1 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 Dark-eyed Junco, Pink-sided 2 Dark-eyed Junco, Oregon 2 Hermit Thrush 2 Swainson's Thrush 2 Western Tanager 1 White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 (FOS) Brown Thrasher 1 (Recapture) We are open 6 days a week, closed on Sundays. This week we're opening nets at 6:50 AM and closing at 11:50 AM, weather permitting. Come visit! Robert Snowden Bander, Chico Basin Ranch Bird Conservancy of the Rockies -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/716705e0-b66e-48d3-9e60-ddb80db18965%40googlegroups.com.
[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Chico Basin Ranch, 9/21/19
What a difference a day makes. Last night's more-favorable weather brought a nice influx of migrants this morning. One day after the slowest day of the season, we had one of the busiest yet, with 43 newly-banded birds and 2 recaptures. Those numbers could've been even higher but some sporadic breezy weather resulted in some net closures. We had 12 species, mostly the usual suspects and nothing unusual. Quite a few more sparrows today than previous mornings, with our highest Lincoln's Sparrow totals so far, and many more lingering in nearby shrubs while I was closing nets. I also noted that most of the Wilson's Warblers I was able to take a close look at didn't have much fat deposited, suggesting they had just arrived after some long-distance travel that used up their fuel stores. Today's summary: Wilson's Warbler 19 + 1 recapture Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 House Wren 3 Dark-eyed Junco, Oregon 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Dusky Flycatcher 1 Lincoln's Sparrow 9 MacGillivray's Warbler 1 White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 2 Hermit Thrush 1 American Robin 2 Brown Thrasher 1 + 1 recapture We are open 6 days a week, closed on Sundays. Next week we'll be opening nets at 6:50 AM and closing at 11:50 AM, weather permitting. There will be a large school group visiting on Monday, so the best time to stop by to see birds without too much commotion will be between 7:00-8:30 AM. Come visit! Robert Snowden Bander, Chico Basin Ranch Bird Conservancy of the Rockies -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/5953dc7a-12ca-49a7-b765-2c7281f412bf%40googlegroups.com.
[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Chico Basin Ranch, 9/20/19
A very quiet morning today: no visitors, no volunteers, and few birds
around the banding station. While the weather was calm the first few hours,
it was easily the slowest day of the season so far, with just 6
newly-banded birds and 1 recapture. I suspect that last night's strong
southerly breezes weren't very conducive for migrants, among other factors.
Today's summary:
Wilson's Warbler 1
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
MacGillivray's Warbler 1
House Wren 1
Western Tanager 1
Gray Catbird 1
Willow/Alder ("Traill's") Flycatcher 1 (within-season recapture)
We are open 6 days a week, closed on Sundays.. Tomorrow we'll be opening
nets at 6:40 AM and closing at 11:40 AM, and starting next week net will be
opened at 6:50 AM. Visitors are welcome!
Robert Snowden
Bander, Chico Basin Ranch
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies
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[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Chico Basin Ranch, 9/18 & 9/19
After a tough start to the week, we enjoyed some calmer weather the last
few days that allowed for some more productive mist netting. Both yesterday
(Wednesday) and today were quite similar, with moderate bird activity and a
good variety of species: 32 newly banded birds + 1 recapture and 17 species
on Wednesday, and 33 newly banded birds of 15 species today. Between the
two days we had 25 total species banded.
Yesterday we had four new species for the season: *Audubon's Yellow-rumped
Warbler, **Brewer's Sparrow*, *Townsend's Solitaire*, and *Plumbeous Vireo*.
Today we captured 4 *Vesper Sparrows *all on a single net run, also a
first-of-season species. Prior to this year, no more than 3 Vespers have
ever been caught in a single fall season at Chico.
Yesterday also marked the midway point of the fall season here. It's
certainly going by fast! We just eclipsed the 400 birds banded mark today,
which is a fair bit off the pace from a typical season here. I'm hoping for
some more agreeable weather and some late migration pulses to bump our
numbers up in the final weeks.
A combined summary from the last two days:
Wilson's Warbler 17 + 1 within-season recapture
Willow/Alder ("Traill's") Flycatcher 1
Dark-eyed Junco, Oregon 2
Orange-crowned Warbler 3
Yellow Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon's 1 (FOS)
Clay-colored Sparrow 1
Brewer's Sparrow 1 (FOS)
House Wren 1
Lincoln's Sparrow 2
White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 1
Warbling Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Plumbeous Vireo 1 (FOS)
Townsend's Solitaire 2 (FOS)
Western Tanager 3
Hermit Thrush 1
Swainson's Thrush 1
Blue Grosbeak 5
Vesper Sparrow 4 (FOS)
Green-tailed Towhee 7
Gray Catbird 3
Brown Thrasher 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
American Robin 2
We are open 6 days a week, closed on Sundays. For the remainder of this
week we'll be opening nets at 6:40 AM and closing at 11:40 AM, weather
permitted. Visitors are welcome!
Robert Snowden
Bander, Chico Basin Ranch
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies
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[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Chico Basin Ranch, 9/17/19
More windy weather made today's banding a bit of a wash. With breezy conditions right from the start, we could only manage running a few nets for a brief period before we had to shut down. That yielded what I hope (knock on wood) will be our lowest banding total of the season, with 3 birds: 2 Wilson's Warblers and a Hammond's Flycatcher. Hardly worth writing as a list! But such is the nature of field work. There were certainly seemed to be a lot of bird movement around the ranch this morning, so if the weather can cooperate perhaps there'll be some good banding activity ahead. We are open 6 days a week, closed on Sundays. For the remainder of this week we'll be opening nets at 6:40 AM and if it's not too windy, closing at 11:40 AM. Visitors are welcome! Robert Snowden Bander, Chico Basin Ranch Bird Conservancy of the Rockies -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/b8e1bf0e-b4c0-41c8-8274-283e184d3acb%40googlegroups.com.
[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Chico Basin Ranch, 9/16/19
Unfortunately the weather wasn't very cooperative today. After a promising start, a strong breeze suddenly began within an hour and a half of open nets, and caused us to quickly shut things down. We still managed to catch a few birds, with 15 newly-banded individuals and 2 recaptures, of 5 total species. Among these was the first Ruby-crowned Kinglet of the season––our 40th species so far. Today's summary: Wilson's Warbler 11 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 (FOS) Cassin's Vireo 1 Western Tanager 1 Brown Thrasher 3 (1 new, 2 within-season recaptures) We are open 6 days a week, closed on Sundays. This week we'll be opening nets at 6:40 AM and closing at 11:40 AM, with a potentially earlier close if it's windy like today was. My fingers are crossed for calmer conditions and more migrant activity. Visitors are welcome! Robert Snowden Bander, Chico Basin Ranch Bird Conservancy of the Rockies -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/a2df7169-e905-4d1c-afaf-d24cbc1443f3%40googlegroups.com.
[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Chico Basin Ranch, 9/14/19
The second week of the fall season is in the books for Chico Basin. Today had the coolest start yet, but it warmed up pretty quickly by the end of the morning. The birds were rather quiet, and we had a modest number of captures but a pretty nice variety; we had 29 newly-banded birds of 14 species. Among the birds we particularly appreciated was the first *Red-breased Nuthatch *of the season and a *Red-eyed Vireo*. The summary: Wilson's Warbler 9 Dusky Flycatcher 1 House Wren 1 Cassin's Vireo 1 MacGillivray's Warbler 2 Orange-crowned Warbler 3 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 (FOS) Lincoln's Sparrow 1 Red-eyed Vireo 1 Western Tanager 3 White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel's) 1 Gray Catbird 2 Yellow-breasted Chat 2 Northern Mockingbird 1 We are open 6 days a week, closed on Sundays. Next week we'll be opening nets at 6:40 AM and closing at 11:40 AM, with a potentially earlier close if it's hot or breezy. Visitors are welcome! Robert Snowden Bander, Chico Basin Ranch Bird Conservancy of the Rockies -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/44544a23-faab-463a-a3b1-5795ffca09cd%40googlegroups.com.
[cobirds] Re: Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Chico Basin Ranch, 9/12/19
Quick correction on the date from this morning's update: obviously today is September 13th, not the 12th. My apologies. On Friday, September 13, 2019 at 3:21:02 PM UTC-6, Robert Snowden wrote: > > We had a fairly 'regular' day of banding at Chico this morning. No > first-record captures this time (or even first of season species), just a > steady stream of mostly *Wilson's Warblers* after a slow start. About 2/3 > of the Wilson's Warblers we banded today were hatch-year females. > > Our totals from the day were 37 newly-banded birds of 12 species: > > Wilson's Warbler 23 > Dark-eyed Junco 1 (probably an Oregon Junco-type intergrade > Orange-crowned Warbler 2 > Warbling Vireo 1 > Yellow Warbler 1 > Lincoln's Sparrow 1 > Hermit Thrush 1 > Swainson's Thrush 1 > Yellow-breasted Chat 1 > Green-tailed Towhee 1 > Gray Catbird 1 > Brown Thrasher 3 > > We are open 6 days a week, closed on Sundays. Tomorrow we'll be opening > nets at 6:40 AM and closing at 11:40 AM, with a potentially earlier close > if it's hot or breezy. Visitors are welcome! > > Robert Snowden > Bander, Chico Basin Ranch > Bird Conservancy of the Rockies > -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/eec39f17-9398-4ebb-8b6b-9ae984b4f233%40googlegroups.com.
[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Chico Basin Ranch, 9/12/19
We had a fairly 'regular' day of banding at Chico this morning. No first-record captures this time (or even first of season species), just a steady stream of mostly *Wilson's Warblers* after a slow start. About 2/3 of the Wilson's Warblers we banded today were hatch-year females. Our totals from the day were 37 newly-banded birds of 12 species: Wilson's Warbler 23 Dark-eyed Junco 1 (probably an Oregon Junco-type intergrade Orange-crowned Warbler 2 Warbling Vireo 1 Yellow Warbler 1 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 Hermit Thrush 1 Swainson's Thrush 1 Yellow-breasted Chat 1 Green-tailed Towhee 1 Gray Catbird 1 Brown Thrasher 3 We are open 6 days a week, closed on Sundays. Tomorrow we'll be opening nets at 6:40 AM and closing at 11:40 AM, with a potentially earlier close if it's hot or breezy. Visitors are welcome! Robert Snowden Bander, Chico Basin Ranch Bird Conservancy of the Rockies -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/de9e10c3-862a-40b3-9a6a-56c376efca14%40googlegroups.com.
[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Chico Basin Ranch, 9/12/19
Last night's cold front brought some pleasantly cooler weather this morning, and at first it seemed to bring plenty of birds. But after a busy opening net check, things quickly slowed down, and when the wind started picking up soon after, we had to shut down a little early. In the end, we only banded 16 birds and had 1 recapture, of 11 total species. But for the second day in the row, we had another superlative capture: a juvenile *Red-headed Woodpecker, *the first banding record of this species at Chico Basin! I suppose lightning does strike twice. Along with that woodpecker we also had the first *White-crowned Sparrow *of the fall, as well as a first-of-season *Blue Jay *adult in heavy molt. A summary of the morning's birds: Wilson's Warbler 4 + 1 recapture Dusky Flycatcher 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Western Tanager 3 Swainson's Thrush 1 Hermit Thrush 1 White-crowned Sparrow 1 (Gambel's subspecies, FOS) Yellow-breasted Chat 1 Red-headed Woodpecker 1 (1st Chico Basin record) American Robin 1 Blue Jay 1 (FOS) We are open 6 days a week, closed on Sundays. This week we'll be opening nets at 6:40 AM and closing at 11:40 AM, weather permitting. Hopefully the wind will be a little calmer the next couple days. Visitors are welcome! Robert Snowden Bander, Chico Basin Ranch Bird Conservancy of the Rockies -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/a30fc491-524f-494f-8e71-250814f52d88%40googlegroups.com.
[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Chico Basin Ranch, 9/11/19
It was a warm and breezy morning at Chico Basin, and a little on the quiet side, with 24 newly banded birds, 3 recaptures, and 10 total species. But what we lacked in quantity we made up for in quality. We banded the most notable bird of the season to date: a hatch-year *Canyon Wren*, caught in the very first net on the very first net run of the morning! Not only was it the first-ever banding record of a the Canyon Wren at Chico, but it was the first record of the species at any of the Bird Conservancy's banding stations (and of course it's one of my favorite birds)! This individual wasn't particularly furtive either, as we captured it again a few hours later, and was heard vocalizing near the banding station at the end of the morning. We also had some noteworthy human visitors, with the Colorado State Land Board stopping by for a few minutes. They were treated to a nice male *American Redstart*, and our first *Western Tanager* of the season––a female that had narrowly avoided our mist nets earlier in the morning. A summary of the day's banded birds: Wilson's Warbler 11 + 1 recapture American Redstart 2 MacGillivray's Warbler 2 + 1 recapture Orange-crowned Warbler 2 + 1 recapture Clay-colored Sparrow 1 Canyon Wren 1 (first station record) Lazuli Bunting 1 (FOS) Lincoln's Sparrow 1 Western Tanager 1 (FOS) Brown Thrasher 2 We are open 6 days a week, closed on Sundays. This week we'll be opening nets at 6:40 AM and closing at 11:40 AM, weather permitting. Visitors are welcome! Robert Snowden Bander, Chico Basin Ranch Bird Conservancy of the Rockies -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/5a48c1da-5652-4f50-903a-f6faef98e30b%40googlegroups.com.
[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Chico Basin Ranch, 9/10/19
After relatively modest migration activity the last few days, things picked back this morning, both in the nets and in the woods surrounding the banding station. We had relatively nice conditions for banding, and got to enjoy our first real 'typical' day of the season: a good number of captures and plenty of Wilson's Warblers to go around. Overall we had 46 newly-banded birds, 2 recaptures, and 16 total species. We would've had a few more to add had so many pesky Brown Thrashers bounced out of the nets before we could get to them! Meanwhile, after being flush with Orange-crowned Warblers yesterday, they were almost entirely absent today. A summary of our captures: Wilson's Warbler 26 Dusky Flycatcher 1 Western Wood-Pewee 1 Cordilleran/Pacific-slope Flycatcher 1 Hammond's Flycatcher 1 Warbling Vireo 1 Lincoln's Sparrow 3 Cassin's Vireo 1 MacGillivray's Warbler 1 Gray Catbird 2 Green-tailed Towhee 2 Yellow-breasted Chat 1 Northern Mockingbird 3 (2 new + 1 within-season recapture) American Robin 1 (FOS) Brown Thrasher 2 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 (within-season recapture) We are open 6 days a week, closed on Sundays. For the remainder of the week, we'll be opening nets at 6:40 AM and closing at 11:40 AM, weather permitting. Visitors are welcome! Robert Snowden Bander, Chico Basin Ranch Bird Conservancy of the Rockies -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/24f5a2a5-57f9-4d03-84fc-2c15ef09c58c%40googlegroups.com.
[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Chico Basin Ranch, 9/9/19
As the second week of the fall season gets underway at Chico, we had our
busiest day of the season so far, but still relatively modest by our
standards. It was also the coolest (and dampest) start to the morning yet,
and like last week, we caught more birds as the temperatures rose. The
majority of captures came in the last couple hours of the day.
For the first time, Wilson's Warblers were not the most abundant species at
our banding station. Instead, it was a busier day for Orange-crowned
Warblers and Lincoln's Sparrows. We also had a female 'Northern' oriole
that made for an interesting identification challenge. Overall, we banded
32 birds and had 1 recapture, of 11 total species:
Hammond's Flycatcher 1 (FOS)
Wilson's Warbler 4
Western Wood-Pewee 1
Cordilleran/Pacific-slope ("Western") Flycatcher 1
MacGillivray's Warbler 1
Orange-crowned Warbler 12 (11 new, 1 recapture from last week)
Lincoln's Sparrow 8
Swainson's Thrush 1
Bullock's/Baltimore Oriole 1 (possible hybrid)
Northern Mockingbird 1
Gray Catbird 1
We are open 6 days a week, closed on Sundays. We'll be opening nets
tomorrow at 6:30 AM and closing them at 11:30 AM, weather permitting; for
the remainder of the week we'll be operating from 6:40 - 11:40 AM. Visitors
are welcome!
Robert Snowden
Bander, Chico Basin Ranch
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies
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[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Chico Basin Ranch (El Paso), 9/7/19
The morning began damp and overcast and the birds were very quiet for several hours. Despite the slow start, we saw a steady increase in activity in our nets by the end of the banding day, and we finished with 23 newly-banded birds and 3 recaptures, and at least 12 species: Western Wood-Pewee 1 Wilson's Warbler 10 (including 1 recapture) American Redstart 1 Nashville Warbler 1 (4th Chico banding record) House Wren 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 5 Gray Catbird 1 Canyon Towhee 1 Northern Mockingbird 1 Cordilleran/Pacific-slope Flycatcher 1 (Recapture) Warbling Vireo 1 (Recapture) Unidentified *Empidonax* Flycatcher (1 was likely a Least, the other possibly a Dusky or Gray) We are open 6 days a week, closed on Sundays. Next week we'll be opening at 6:30 AM on Monday and Tuesday, and closing at 11:30, weather permitting. >From Wednesday on we'll be opening at 6:40 AM and closing at 11:40. Visitors are welcome! Robert Snowden Bander, Chico Basin Ranch Bird Conservancy of the Rockies -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/f172e691-4b02-44b1-bb49-e1d692a66357%40googlegroups.com.
[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Chico Basin Ranch (El Paso), 9/6/19
A rather slow morning at Chico today, but still some nice variety and a few new species for the season. We banded 19 new birds and had 1 recapture from yesterday, and 12 total species: Western Wood-Pewee 1 Wilson's Warbler 6 Virginia's Warbler 1 (FOS, 4th banding record @ Chico) American Redstart 1 (FOS) Yellow Warbler 1 Chipping Sparrow 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 3 Dark-eyed Junco 1 House Wren 2 (1 new + 1 recapture) Blue Grosbeak 1 Northern Mockingbird 1 Brown Thrasher 1 We are open 6 days a week, closed on Sundays. We'll be opening at 6:30 AM tomorrow, and closing at 11:30, weather permitting. Visitors are welcome! Robert Snowden Bander, Chico Basin Ranch Bird Conservancy of the Rockies -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/8d83edd9-f063-4cba-a5b7-7191e4816a18%40googlegroups.com.
[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Chico Basin Ranch (El Paso), 9/5/19
Another hot day at Chico Basin. Things started off quietly but as the
temperature increased, so briefly did our capture rates, before the
90-degree weather caused us to shut down early. We banded 29 birds of 14
species. Notable captures included another Canyon Towhee, and a Red-eyed
Vireo (the 9th banding record at Chico Basin).
The day's summary:
Wilson's Warbler 10
MacGillivray's Warbler 1
Orange-crowned Warbler 5
House Wren 2
Cordilleran/Pacific-slope ("Western") Flycatcher 1
Yellow Warbler 1
Dusky Flycatcher 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Hermit Thrush 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 2
Green-tailed Towhee 1
Gray Catbird 1
Canyon Towhee 1
Brown Thrasher 1
We are open 6 days a week, closed on Sundays. We'll be opening at 6:30 AM
for the remainder of the week, and closing at 11:30, weather permitting.
Visitors are welcome!
Robert Snowden
Bander, Chico Basin Ranch
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies
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[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Chico Basin Ranch (El Paso), 9/4/19
Hi everyone,
Our third day of banding started off fairly slow with overcast, somewhat
humid weather. Once the clouds picked up, so did the birding activity,
though that was a little short-lived as the breezy late morning caused some
early net closures.
We ended with 23 birds banded today. It seemed to be a relatively busier
day for the resident and local breeder species than for migrants, but there
was some good variety, with 14 total species.
Among the more unique captures were a female Orchard Oriole (the 12th fall
record for Chico and only the 3rd since 2011) and a Canyon Towhee (only the
3rd-ever record here).
Our summary for the morning:
Wilson's Warbler 4
Willow/Alder ("Traill's") Flycatcher 1
MacGillivray's Warbler 1
House Wren 1
Chipping Sparrow 1
Orange-crowned Warbler 3
Clay-colored Sparrow 1
Cassin's Vireo 1
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
Orchard Oriole 1
Blue Grosbeak 1
Canyon Towhee 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
Brown Thrasher 4
We are open 6 days a week, closed on Sundays. We'll be opening at 6:30 AM
for the remainder of the week, and closing at 11:30, weather permitting.
Visitors are welcome!
Robert Snowden
Bander, Chico Basin Ranch
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies
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