We got in about 4 hours this morning before the wind picked up (and we were just back in our cars when the rain started). A pretty glorious 4 hours for us and the perhaps 40 visitors that came by for some or all of the morning - counting new, repeats and returns, we processed 42 birds of 20 species, 6 of which were new for the season. Plus 1 of our really senior Yellow Warblers again returned - #2410-71588, banded 5/23/08 as a young bird, so now 9 years old.
Here's the breakdown of the new and returns: Downy Woodpecker 1 Warbling Vireo 1 (FOS) House Wren 5 Blue-grey Gnatcatcher 2 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Virginia's Warbler 5 (Probably a record for number of VIWAs caught in 1 day here) Yellow Warbler 3, all returns, the 1 mentioned above from 2008 and 2 from 2015 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Myrtle 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon 3 MacGillivray's Warbler 1 (FOS) Common Yellowthroat 1 Yellow-breasted Chat 1 (FOS) Western Tanager 1 (FOS) Green-tailed Towhee 2 (FOS) Chipping Sparrow 1 Clay-colored Sparrow 1 (FOS) Lincoln's Sparrow 2 White-crowned Sparrow, Mountain 4 new, 1 banded last year Brown-headed Cowbird 1 Open daily, weather permitting, through June 2, EXCEPT for May 13, 14, and 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/90449f56-7531-4afd-94b3-982fdf114a36%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
