A perfectly lovely first day at Chatfield. First bird of the season was a Song Sparrow, banded last year. First migrant was a Wilson's Warbler.
Morning started cold but warmed up fast. Caught 20 birds of 10 species, including 4 banded in prior years: Black-capped Chickadee 1 House Wren 1 Blue-grey Gnatcatcher 1 American Robin 3 Orange-crowned Warbler 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Myrtle 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler, intergrade 1 Wilson's Warbler 1 Spotted Towhee 1 new, 1 banded 2016 Song Sparrow 2 new, 2 banded 2016, 1 banded 2014 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 The BCCH, SPTOs, and SOSPs were all in breeding condition - males with expanded cloacas and females with brood patches. The male Robins flew to the banding station and squawked at us from a nearby tree until we released their girlfriends. Feels very "alive" out there! The banding station is runs daily, weather permitting, through June 1 (except for May 4-6 and 29), from 7:00 to approximately 11:30. There have been some changes in WEEKEND visiting policies - If you are planning a weekend visit, I strongly encourage you to go to denveraudubon.org to get more information and guarantee your spot by PRE-REGISTERING. Weekdays are the same as in the past - school groups arrive between 9:30 and 10; early weekday mornings are the best time for a peaceful visit with us and the birds! Meredith McBurney Bander Chatfield 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/c49bf08f-5d2e-45b4-a5cb-82e70c843393%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
