Date: Friday September 27
E-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
Compiler: John Drummond jxdrummo AT aol.com Phone : 703-629-1151
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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
Today was a steady day at the GVAS station, with 10 new birds and 4
recaptures (including two that were banded in a previous year) of 5
species. This includes a new species for the season, a Pink-sided Junco.
Numbers have been holding pretty steady for the last few days, though I
hope it
This is a great time of year to see a nice variety of birds at the banding
station! We caught 15 species - our largest weighed in at 92.1 grams (Blue
Jay); the smallest at 5.6 (Golden-crowned Kinglet). There were 7 sparrow
species, including both common towhees. The GCKI deserves special
Yesterday morning I arrived at the south side of Jumbo Reservoir in Logan
and Sedgewick Counties to find some shoreline. Nearly every body of water
in SE Colo has been full, therefore seeing some mud flats was good. Easily
visible were Least, Solitary, Stilt, Pectoral, Baird's, Semipalmated,
Date: Thursday September 26
E-mail: RBA AT cobirds.org
Compiler: John Drummond jxdrummo AT aol.com Phone : 703-629-1151
Birders have been helpful by reporting updates to COBirds. Thanks!CAPITAL
LETTERS denote very rare species, as listed by the Colorado Bird Records
Committee at the CFO
