Well that's a wrap folks. We finished up the 2017 season on Friday after a bit of a rollercoaster week. We started the week well with 61 and 62 birds banded on Monday and Tuesday but followed it up with only 7 birds on Wednesday as rain forced us to close the nets after 45 minutes. Thursday was back up into the low 40s but Friday, our last day was a wash as more rain kept us closed.
In Week 5 we banded 166 birds including our first *Brown Creeper, Cedar Waxwing, Curve-billed Thrasher, Downy Woodpecker, *and both *Red-shafted and Intergrade Flickers. *We also had our first *Least Flycatcher* of the fall, the station has caught one every year since it's opening and we managed to get this fall's bird on the last day of banding. Season Recap: 911 birds of 60 species through 5 weeks of banding. Two station firsts: *Baltimore Oriole *and *Pacific Wren.* Other Notables: *Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Sharp-shinned Hawk *(2)*, Red-eyed Vireo *(3), *Bewick's Wren, Nashville Warbler, Virginia's Warbler, *and a *Calliope Hummingbird* (unbanded). *Wilson's Warblers*, as expected, made up the bulk of our birds. We banded 291 of them this fall. *Lincoln's Sparrows, Orange-crowned Warblers, and Ruby-crowned Kinglets* also made up a large percentage of our birds. Interesting birds that we never caught but were seen in and around the station included a *Pygmy Nuthatch, Evening Grosbeak, Red-headed Woodpecker, *and of course, David Tønnessen's *Tropical Kingbird. * Thanks to everyone that came down to the station and shared our birds and we hope to see some of you in the Spring. Good Birding, Aaron Yappert Assistant Bander -- 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/256d1e7c-a603-4a46-a007-d3797a0895cc%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
