We were happy to spend our Labor Day Weekend Sunday with some of our favorite annual human visitors to the banding station! We also had some nice birds.
Of special interest was a Black-throated Blue Warbler. This species is less of a rarity than it used to be - we've caught one each of the past three seasons. But it is one of the warbler species where the young female presents an interesting ID challenge, being neither black-throated nor blue! Then, we caught our first of season Warbling Vireo, a bird we had banded last year on September 9. We noticed that it had a bill deformity - the lower mandible was slightly too long, so the upper and lower parts of the bill did not fit together quite right. It apparently had overcome any obstacle that might have caused to its ability to get food! A good day, and a nice way to end our second week. Here's the breakdown of the 33 new birds: Mourning Dove 1 Western Wood-pewee 4 Warbling Vireo 1 return, banded 2021 (FOS) Black-capped Chickadee 1 House Wren 2 Orange-crowned Warbler 1 Yellow Warbler 4 Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 MacGillivray's Warbler 1 Wilson's Warbler 13 Clay-colored Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 1 Black-headed Grosbeak 1 (FOS) If you'd like to enjoy fall birds up close and personal, please come visit! Click here <https://campscui.active.com/orgs/BirdConservancyoftheRockies#/selectSessions/3179740> to make a reservation - we are offering one-hour slots (up to 15 visitors at a time) from 7:30-8:30 most weekdays (closed Mondays), and 8-9, 9-10, and 10-11 on weekends. We look forward to seeing many of you during the season! 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 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/7d66bfa0-d157-4b8d-804a-41815dfea7e8n%40googlegroups.com.
