Hi Cobirders As John Drummond has warned, we had a massive arrival of birds today at Chico, mostly Wilson's Warblers. Because of severe winds we closed nets for a few hours mid-morning we still banded 131 birds in 83.5 net hours. My typical day closing at noon would result in 110 net hours so you can see by our capture rate that there were a lot of birds around today. I was still seeing activity as I closed nets at 2pm. I am off to hunt goodies.
Birds banded: Western Wood-Pewee 5 Least Flycatcher 1 Hammond's Flycatcher 1 House Wren 1 Hermit Thrush 1 Townsend's Solitaire 1 Gray Catbird 4 Northern Mockingbird 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 3 Yellow Warbler 2 Wilson's Warbler 103!!!!!!!! my first WIWA century-day Western Tanager 3 Black-headed Grosbeak 1 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 Chipping Sparrow 2 Before I forget again I have been seeing a Mexican-like Duck at Rose pond. I will post a birding highlights if I add anything good this afternoon. I am off... Brian Gibbons Chico Basin Ranch Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory www.nikonbirding.com www.ventbird.com ____________________________________________________________ Free Screensavers Incredible variety to choose from. Safe and 100% Free. Download Now! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=pZBe2-kqQzv9RHqCjJNOwgAAJ1Bv0zKlSaNvi8hdiFTsCljYAAQAAAAFAAAAABsvXTwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACBlnAAAAAA== --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Colorado Field Ornithologists: http://www.cfo-link.org/ Colorado County Birding: http://www.coloradocountybirding.com/ 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.as/group/cobirds?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
