Activity picked up a bit today; we had a total of 37 new birds (32 banded today, 5 returns from prior years) of 14 species. Yellow-rumped Warblers are down, Yellows are up, including 4 that we banded in prior years. Caught our first Hermit Thrush of the season, arriving almost 2 weeks behind its usual date. No Swainson's yet; they are also late.
Here's the breakdown for today: Black-capped Chickadee 1 House Wren 9 new, 1 banded 2022 Hermit Thrush 1 Yellow Warbler 4 new, 1 banded 2022, 3 banded 2021 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon's 4 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Intergrade 1 Common Yellowthroat 1 Yellow-breasted Chat 2 Green-tailed Towhee 1 Song Sparrow 2 Lincoln's Sparrow 1 Common Grackle 1 (first since 2016) American Goldfinch 2 Red-winged Blackbird 2 Today started week 3 of our 5 week season. Denver Audubon has scheduled one-hour time slots at 7:30, 8:30 and 9:30 for visitors on weekends; visit here <https://denveraudubon.org/events/> to register. (I believe many time slots are already sold out, so register soon if you would like to visit.) Meredith McBurney Bander, Chatfield Banding Station Bird Conservancy of the Rockies -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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/54d1c97a-3f5c-446c-930a-01fea07b6cfdn%40googlegroups.com.
