A more moderately paced morning, with only 32 birds banded, but it did give us an opportunity to enjoy the nice mix of species, which included 4 flycatchers, 2 vireos, 4 warblers, and 6 sparrows:
Western Wood-pewee 5 Willow Flycatcher 1 Hammond's Flycatcher 1 Dusky Flycatcher 1 Warbling Vireo 3 (the 2nd vireo species was a Cassin's, which isn't listed here because it was banded yesterday) House Wren 1 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Yellow Warbler 4 Common Yellowthroat 1 Wilson's Warbler 5 Chipping Sparrow 3 Clay-colored Sparrow 1 Brewer's Sparrow 1 Lark Sparrow 1 Savannah Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 2 If you'd like to visit this fall (and we hope you will): Due to restrictions related to Covid-19, we are requiring visitors to make a reservation and we will have only 6 visitors at the station at a time. We are doing three one-hour time slots, from 8-9, 9-10, and 10-11, on Tuesdays and then Thursdays through Sundays, starting this week and running through October 11. There is a $5 per person fee; scholarships are available to those unable to pay. All visitors, staff and volunteers will be wearing masks and people will be expected to socially distance. To register and for more information go to www.birdconservancy.org/bandingregister Please let me know if you have questions! 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/a3eee4ed-2c13-46fe-bfe5-96d90971f5efo%40googlegroups.com.