We went from wet to warm, pretty much over night! First day this season that we started closing early because of the heat.
But a lovely if slowish early morning, with a nice mix of birds, including 5 first of season species. The highlight was a truly lovely WHITE-EYED VIREO. Here is a breakdown of the 12 new and 3 returns from prior years: White-eyed Vireo 1 House Wren 4 Gray Catbird (FOS) 2 Yellow Warbler 1, banded in 2016 Common Yellowthroat 1 Yellow-breasted Chat 1 new, 1 banded in 2015, 1 in 2016 Red-winged Blackbird (FOS) 1 Lesser Goldfinch (FOS) 1 American Goldfinch (FOS) 1 The banding station runs daily, weather permitting, through June 1 (except Memorial Day), from 7:00 to approximately 11:30. There have been some changes in WEEKEND visiting policies - If you are planning a weekend visit, I strongly encourage you to go to Denveraudubon.org to get more information and guarantee your spot by PRE-REGISTERING. Weekdays are the same as in the past - school groups arrive between 9:30 and 10; early weekday mornings are the best time for a peaceful visit with us and the birds! Meredith McBurney Bander Chatfield 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/c8c60cbf-d223-4191-9b24-70cff17422be%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
