Had a great day today! Under mostly grey skies, we banded 57 birds, plus caught 7 banded in prior years. Highlights were a female Black and White Warbler and a pair of Bullock's Orioles. Lots of visitors braved the cold to enjoy these 24 species:
Least Flycatcher 2 Dusky Flycatcher 4 Warbling Vireo 1, banded in 2014, and recaptured on this day in 2015 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 House Wren 4 Swainson's Thrush 4 Hermit Thrush 1 Gray Catbird 5 Yellow Warbler 2 new, 5 returns (2 from 2012, 1 from 2014, and 2 from 2015) Black and White Warbler 1 Northern Waterthrush 1 MacGillivray's Warbler 2 Common Yellowthroat 3 Wilson's Warbler 1 Yellow-breasted Chat 3 new, 1 return from 2015 Green-tailed Towhee 2 Spotted Towhee 3 Clay-colored Sparrow 1 Brewer's Sparrow 1 (FOS) Lincoln's Sparrow 11 White-crowned Sparrow, Mountain 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 1 Bullock's Oriole 2 (FOS) Lesser Goldfinch 1 (FOS) Open daily, weather permitting, through June 2, EXCEPT for May 30. It is almost always better to visit early in the morning. We are opening nets at 6:30, and most days will have birds back at the station by 7:15. There are school groups every weekday, arriving about 9:45. We aim to close by noon most days, earlier if it is very hot, very cold, or very windy. Meredith McBurney Bander/Biologist 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/72457c16-778f-4092-b25d-7655829e4ad8%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
