[cobirds] Fall Count

2023-09-16 Thread 'Hugh Kingery' via Colorado Birds
Our 44th annual Fall Count recorded 10,823 birds of 162 species. Count of individuals lower than average, species count up 7 from average. We had 3 new species: Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Common Tern, and Dickcissel.    Say's Phoebes have increased over the years, with the 66 seen last weekend

[cobirds] Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - Barr Banding Report 9/16/23

2023-09-16 Thread meredith
Just read through the reports from our other three stations for today - What a wide variety of experiences we had today! The ~24 hours of drizzle and the first almost cold morning seem to have brought in some birds - we had only our second good day of the season. We banded 50 new birds, which

[cobirds] BIRD BOMBS: It's Probably a Red-tail video up on the DFO page

2023-09-16 Thread David Suddjian
Hi Birders, The video of the latest *BIRD BOMBS *episode It's Probably a Red-tail is up for viewing in the DFO BIRD BOMBS video archive. These exploded Bombs will also be helpful for late September into October: Looking at Loons

[cobirds] Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - Pineridge Natural Area Banding Report 9/15-16

2023-09-16 Thread Josephine Tagestad
What an interesting time! After very low numbers early this week, we had 21 new birds on Friday, and then a single new bird (and two recaptures from this season) on Saturday. Hopefully we'll see a little more activity next week! We did have a Cooper's Hawk in one of the nets today, but she

[cobirds] Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - Ridgway State Park Banding Report

2023-09-16 Thread Emily Knaack
Hello all! Banding was wrapped up at Ridgway State Park yesterday, September 15, and it was a busy week! On Tuesday 9/12 we banded a whole flock of Bushtits, and on Thursday 9/14 we got out first, and only, Red-naped Sapsucker of the season. Ended off with a rainy day on Friday, but we were

[cobirds] Bird Conservancy of the Rockies-Chico Basin Ranch 9/16/2023

2023-09-16 Thread Chicobander
What a beautiful day! Not much bird action until it warmed up but still a good day. No rain New species for the season was a Virginia's Warbler. *18 New Banded Birds* Wilson's Warbler- 6 Orange-crowned Warbler- 2 Virginia's Warbler- 1 Western Wood-pewee- 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet-1 House Wren-