Last night's cold front brought some pleasantly cooler weather this morning, and at first it seemed to bring plenty of birds. But after a busy opening net check, things quickly slowed down, and when the wind started picking up soon after, we had to shut down a little early. In the end, we only banded 16 birds and had 1 recapture, of 11 total species.
But for the second day in the row, we had another superlative capture: a juvenile *Red-headed Woodpecker, *the first banding record of this species at Chico Basin! I suppose lightning does strike twice. Along with that woodpecker we also had the first *White-crowned Sparrow *of the fall, as well as a first-of-season *Blue Jay *adult in heavy molt. A summary of the morning's birds: Wilson's Warbler 4 + 1 recapture Dusky Flycatcher 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Western Tanager 3 Swainson's Thrush 1 Hermit Thrush 1 White-crowned Sparrow 1 (Gambel's subspecies, FOS) Yellow-breasted Chat 1 Red-headed Woodpecker 1 (1st Chico Basin record) American Robin 1 Blue Jay 1 (FOS) We are open 6 days a week, closed on Sundays. This week we'll be opening nets at 6:40 AM and closing at 11:40 AM, weather permitting. Hopefully the wind will be a little calmer the next couple days. Visitors are welcome! Robert Snowden Bander, Chico Basin Ranch 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/a30fc491-524f-494f-8e71-250814f52d88%40googlegroups.com.
