We got our wish for more birds for Barr's Annual Fall Bird Fest. At least 150 people visited our station today, and we had 50 birds to show them - 34 banded today, 1 banded in 2010, and 15 banded previously this season.
Spent some time with Sibley's being sure we had a correct ID on a rare bird - an immature MAGNOLIA WARBLER. In my head I've been comparing this year with last, which I viewed as a fairly typical Barr season in terms of numbers and species. I have been thinking that Yellows are high and Wilson's low. Decided to compare our 4 dominant species this year to last, to date, and it is pretty interesting: Chipping Sparrow 80 (2011), 24 (2010) House Wren 49 (2011), 82 (2010) Wilson's Warbler 116 (2011), 310 (2010) Yellow Warbler 183 (2011), 49 (2010) Total, 4 species 428 (2011), 465 (2010) Someday I'll go back and see if any time in recent history we've caught 183 Yellows. (Our total last year was 51.) And, where are the Wilson's?? Okay, back to today...Here's the rundown on the new birds caught (total 35): Western Wood-pewee 1 Cassin's Vireo 1 Black-capped Chickadee 1 Rock Wren 1 (FOS) House Wren 5 new, 1 return from 2010 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Yellow Warbler 4 Magnolia Warbler 1 Wilson's Warbler 3 Chipping Sparrow 16 Day off next week is Tues (9/13). Otherwise open every day through next weekend. Meredith McBurney Bander, Barr Lake Station, Adams County Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
