We banded 31 birds yesterday, including our first Gray Catbird of the season and 2 Vesper Sparrows. The VESPs were interesting for us because we catch them so rarely - only one other (in 2015) since 2005. These 2 were in the same run but at different ends of the banding station - one out in the smartweed near the lake and the other up by the road. Both hatch year birds. Here's the breakdown for the day:
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 House Wren 4 Gray Catbird 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 2 Yellow Warbler 9 Wilson's Warbler 11 Chipping Sparrow 1 Vesper Sparrow 2 I think Sunday was the hottest and most humid day yet; happy to be off today and looking forward to the cooling off that is predicted for tomorrow! Come visit! We are open 6 days per week (CLOSED Mondays), weather permitting, through October 15. We are opening nets at 6:30 and should have birds back at the station before 7:30. We will close most days by about 11:30, earlier now when it is so hot. School groups arrive most weekdays at about 9:30. Meredith McBurney Bander Barr Lake 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/6c1a91dc-cfc8-4fa5-9310-96b3ae534b58%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
