Banding totals at Chico Basin Ranch for May 16-18 were: 96 on Monday, 94 on
Tuesday, and 186 on Wednesday. Highlights include Black-and-white Warbler,
Ovenbird, and N. Waterthrush on Monday; Chestnut-sided and Magnolia Warblers on
Tuesday; and Olive-sided Flycatcher, Nashville Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, and
a new ranch record – Prothonotory Warbler – on Wednesday. Species and numbers
for each day were:
Monday
Western Wood-Pewee - 1
Dusky Flycatcher – 4
Warbling Vireo – 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch – 1
House Wren – 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet – 1
Veery - 1
Swainson’s Thrush - 39
Hermit Thrush – 3
Gray Catbird - 6
Brown Thrasher – 3
Orange-crowned Warbler – 2
Yellow Warbler -4
Audubon’s Warbler – 1
Black-and-white Warbler – 1
Ovenbird – 1
Northern Waterthrush - 1
MacGillivray’s Warbler – 1
Wilson’s Warbler – 2
Yellow-breasted Chat – 1
Western Tanager - 1
Black-headed Grosbeak – 3
Clay-colored Sparrow - 1
Chipping Sparrow – 1
Mountain White-crowned Sparrow – 1
Lincoln’s Sparrow - 9
House Finch – 1
Lesser Goldfinch - 1
Black-headed Grosbeak - 1
Tuesday
Western Wood-Pewee – 1
Cordilleran Flycatcher – 1
Traill’s Flycatcher - 1
Dusky Flycatcher – 3
Western Kingbird -1
Blue Jay - 1
House Wren – 3
Swainson’s Thrush - 7
Hermit Thrush – 2
Gray Catbird - 3
Brown Thrasher – 1
Orange-crowned Warbler – 1
Yellow Warbler - 13
Chestnut-sided Warbler – 1
Magnolia Warbler – 1
Audubon’s Warbler - 1
MacGillivray’s Warbler – 1
Wilson’s Warbler – 5
Yellow-breasted Chat – 1
Western Tanager – 2
Black-headed Grosbeak - 1
Blue Grosbeak – 1
Indigo Bunting - 1
Spotted Towhee – 1
Gambel’s White-crowned Sparrow - 1
Mountain White-crowned Sparrow – 1
Lincoln’s Sparrow – 32
House Finch – 3
American Goldfinch - 3
Wednesday
Mourning Dove – 1
Olive-sided Flycatcher - 1
Least Flycatcher – 2
Dusky Flycatcher - 2
Blue Jay - 2
House Wren - 4
Veery – 7
Swainson’s Thrush – 74
Hermit Thrush – 3
Gray Catbird – 17
Northern Mockingbird – 1
Brown Thrasher – 1
Nashville Warbler – 1
Yellow Warbler - 7
Audubon’s Warbler – 1
Blackpoll Warbler - 1
Prothonotary Warbler – 1
Black-and-white Warbler – 1
Ovenbird – 1
Northern Waterthrush - 2
MacGillivray’s Warbler – 6
Common Yellowthroat - 1
Wilson’s Warbler – 2
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1
Western Tanager – 2
Black-headed Grosbeak – 1
Blue Grosbeak – 1
Lazuli Bunting – 1
Indigo Bunting - 2
Spotted Towhee – 1
Lincoln’s Sparrow – 35
American Goldfinch - 5
Total for the season so far is 1017 birds of 68 species. Station closes this
Saturday.
Nancy Gobris
Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory
Chico Basin Ranch Banding Station, El Paso Co.
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