Hey COBirders, PERFECT migrant banding conditions today at Clear Spring Ranch, - cool, low ceiling, slight S breeze, and the diversity and numbers today reflected that. I caught birds from 7:00-12:00.
Best migrants today were the array of Empid flycatchers: Least Flycatcher, 2 Dusky Flycatchers Hammond’s Flycatcher (photos available, especially faces, upon request). Also banded: 2 Warbling Vireos 4 Yellow Warblers (one f banded 2014) Com Yellowthroat 2 Audubon’s Yellow-rumped Warblers 2 Yellow-breasted Chat 2 Gray Catbirds (one is a “foreign recap” source TBA) Orchard Oriole m (my first at CSR) 2 Lincoln’s Sparrows Song Sparrow (banded 2014) and more locals. Some of you may remember reports an “epic” day at Chico Basin Ranch, May 15, 2008, in conditions much like today, only wetter and it never did lighten up. That day Brian Gibbons and I (RMBO) caught 240 birds, 140 of them Swainson’s Thrush, and 100 assorted other great birds, like 7 Blackpoll Warblers, Red-eyed Vireos, and many others. We caught birds from 7:00 to 5:00, and could have kept going for more, as the conveyer belt never did stop! I’ve been waiting for another day like that for 8 years! Enjoy Migration! Steve Brown Colo Spgs -- 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/FBD077F8-2558-4EEA-AC9B-16B90C52077B%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
