We decided to believe the weather report that we saw when we went to bed Wed night, so 3 volunteers, 2 other staff and I headed out to the banding station for a 6:30 opening, despite the overcast sky and threat of rain. We waited around for about an hour, anticipating/hoping for some clearing. We finally decided that there were so many of us humans that we could open the close-in nets, stay at the nets and take the birds out the minute they got caught, and close in seconds should it really start to rain. The birds weren't moving around much, although they were chipping like crazy in the low willows by/around those nets, but in a couple of hours we did catch 24 new birds. We were joined by lots of birders, who also believed yesterday's weather report and were hoping for a good morning at Barr before the storm really set in. And we were able to show birds to our school group of the day - a group of hardy souls from Fort Morgan High School who seemed to have a great time despite the lousy weather!
Here's the breakdown for the morning: House Wren 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Townsend's Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 1 Wilson's Warbler 17 Green-tailed Towhee 1 House Sparrow 1 Closed tomorrow (Fri) because of a RMBO staff meeting or the anticipated rain/snow (take your pick......). Open Sat, weather permitting! CLOSED Sun and Mon. Then open Tue through Sat. -- 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/736fc241-7a0f-4813-a037-5d30696bd86a%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
