We were fortunate enough to be able to open nets for a couple of hours this morning before the rain/snow/slush started. It was grey and cool but no wind, and we caught 18 new birds plus 4 banded yesterday, all of which we shared with Christy Carello's Ornithology class from Metro State. Highlight was 2 EASTERN PHOEBES - the first of this species ever caught at this station.
Here's the breakdown for the morning: Downy Woodpecker 2 (male and female, side-by-side in the net) Eastern Phoebe 2 Black-capped Chickadee 1 new, 2 banded last year Hermit Thrush 1 Virginia's Warbler 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Myrtle 5 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Intergrade 1 Open daily, weather permitting (so it is very likely we will be closed some of the next few days!) through June 2, EXCEPT for May 13, 14, and 30. It is almost always better to visit early. 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. 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/e5e4c6af-aa53-4b1c-8bfc-c41df0977bd0%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
