Never know what will happen......It was cool and foggy early this morning and we weren't catching much; we were debating whether the fog was becoming mist and whether closing was in order. Then things cleared a bit, and the next run was a good one - caught a Cassin's Vireo and a Blue-headed Vireo almost side by side. We also had a Green-tailed Towhee and a Spotted Towhee at the same time, making for 2 great photo ops in one morning. And a Nashville Warbler. And our first two Catbirds of the season. All in all, a great morning, with 37 new birds of 16 species, plus 2 Chickadees banded last year:
Cassin's Vireo 1 Blue-headed Vireo 1 (First and perhaps only of season) Black-capped Chickadee 2, both banded in 2015 House Wren 3 Hermit Thrush 2 Gray Catbird 2 (FOS) Orange-crowned Warbler 6 Nashville Warbler 1 (FIrst and likely only of season) Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon's 2 Townsend's Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 1 Wilson's Warbler 8 Green-tailed Towhee 2 Spotted Towhee 1 (FOS) Chipping Sparrow 3 Lincoln's Sparrow 2 White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 1 We are open 6 days each week, weather permitting, through October 16.We are closed every Monday in September, then October 4 and 12. We are opening nets at about 6:30 a.m. and we start closing between 11 a.m. and 12 noon. We will open later and/or close earlier if it is very hot, very cold, wet, windy, etc. There are school groups most weekday mornings, usually arriving around 9:30. Best times to visit, if you like lots of birds and fewer humans, are early mornings during the week and Sundays. Meredith McBurney Bander/Biologist Barr Lake 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/c739a640-7f3c-4e6b-a786-2512f3a521c9%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
