On Saturday and Sunday we had about half as many birds as Friday, but it was really a reduction in the number of new Wilson's......a little break before the big influx that should come over the next couple of weeks? In addition to new bird numbers in the mid-twenties, we've had lots of recaptures - primarily hatch year Wilson's that are trying to put on enough fat to move on to the next leg of their migration. Here's the breakdown of new birds for each of the two days:
Saturday - 24 new birds: Willow Flycatcher 1 Dusky Flycatcher 2 Black-capped Chickadee 1 House Wren 4 Yellow Warbler 1 MacGillivray's Warbler 1 Wilson's Warbler 11 Western Tanager 1 Song Sparrow 1 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 Sunday - 28 new, 1 return: Western Wood-pewee 2 Black-capped Chickadee 1 House Wren 1 return, banded 9/11/15 Yellow Warbler 5 Townsend's Warbler 2 Common Yellowthroat 2 Wilson's Warbler 12 Chipping Sparrow 1 Clay-colored Sparrow 1 Brewer's Sparrow 1 American Goldfinch 1 *We are closed tomorrow, Monday, Labor Day. * We will be open 6 days each week, weather permitting, through October 16. We are closed every Monday in September, then October 4 and 12. We are opening nets at about 6:30 a.m. and we start closing between 11 a.m. and 12 noon. We will open later and/or close earlier if it is very hot, very cold, wet, windy, etc. There are school groups most weekday mornings, usually arriving around 9:30. Best times to visit, if you like lots of birds and fewer humans, are early mornings during the week and Sundays. Come visit! Meredith McBurney Bander/Biologist Barr Lake Banding Station 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 post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/71bc0f98-eac7-4d76-ab44-cd9438a49630%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
