Today was a great day, with lots of birds and some interesting species. Wilson's Warblers made up half of the birds, but we had a total of 15 species, including the first of season Cassin's Vireo, Virginia's Warbler, Western Tanager and White-crowned Sparrow. We also had a leucistic vireo, which we are pretty sure is a Warbling.....very beautiful but strange looking bird! Here's the breakdown of the 62 new birds for the day:
Western Wood-pewee 2 Dusky Flycatcher 1 Cassin's Vireo 1 Warbling Vireo (leucistic) 1 House Wren 5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Gray Catbird 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 10 Virginia's Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 1 Wilson's Warbler 32 Western Tanager 1 Green-tailed Towhee 3 Song Sparrow 1 White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 1 We are open 6 days per week, Tuesday-Sunday, weather permitting, through October 13. We are opening nets at 6:40 and should have birds back at the station by 7:20. We will close nets most days at 11:40, although we are closing earlier as needed due to the heat. School groups arrive most weekdays at about 9:30. The best time to visit (fewest people, most birds) is before 9:30 weekdays and Sundays. Come visit! 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/b07f1dde-8d2e-45bb-8ca7-d76acaeef394%40googlegroups.com.
