A slow banding day, with only 27 new birds. It appears the big waves of Wilson's Warblers have passed through (we've banded approximately 550 in a little over 3 weeks - the highest number since 2006); it is not yet clear whether there will be a lot of Yellow-rumpeds (our numbers range from about 2 to 75 in any year); sparrow species started early but are still relatively low in numbers. A bigger issue today may have been the presence of hawks hanging around looking for breakfast - a Red-tailed was spotted early in the morning and then a Cooper's. The hawks, unfortunately, managed to avoid getting caught in the nets while searching for a meal. Here's a breakdown of the 27 new birds:
Eurasian Collared-dove 1 Black-capped Chickadee 1 Cassin's Vireo 1 House Wren 4 Hermit Thrush 1 Gray Catbird 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon's 2 Common Yellowthroat 1 Wilson's Warbler 7 White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 3 Green-tailed Towhee 3 Dark-eyed Junco, Pink-sided 1 We are open 6 days per week, weather permitting, through Sunday, October 11. This week we will be closed Wednesday (9/23). We are opening nets at 6:30, and will run until noon or whenever it gets too hot or too windy or too whatever. School groups arrive about 9:30 a.m. most weekdays. Meredith McBurney Biologist/Bander 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/18715364-35f4-4b65-ad8e-c3f5f97a715a%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
