I'm sorry to say we didn't even get a taste of the wonderfully wild banding
activity at Chico! We were rained out on Sunday (third day in a week) and
off on Monday and then today was very slow starting. Picked up a bit as
the morning went on but never got busy..only 24 new and returning
Thirty-eight years of Continuity, Change, and Wonder at a Sandhills
Wildlife Area
Over four decades, Steve Jones has spent more than 300 nights camping out
by himself at a State Wildlife Area in the northwestern Nebraska Sandhills.
He was drawn to the Sandhills because it's the last expanse of
I was so caught up with this Black Tern green scene, after reviewing
photos, they were actually gleaning the small moths and other bugs in the
alfalfa fields with their bills, not their claws.
On Tuesday, May 16, 2023 at 6:37:30 AM UTC-6 Dan Stringer wrote:
> A large variety of fun species are
Hi all. We’re at Hasty Campground and JJ Cty Rd today.
We haven’t seen so many birds in a long time, incl. Blue Grosbeaks, Black
Terns, Golden Eagle, Western Tanager, Burrowing Owls (4), Bullock’s Orioles,
Lark Buntings, Yellow Warblers, Swainson’s Thrushes, Yellow-Rumped Warblers,
A very enjoyable day. The Swainson's Thrushes that we banded yesterday
moved on or at least we did not capture any of them today. Eighteen species
of birds captured which included only one White-throated Sparrow recapture.
Maybe it is the bird that has been singing for us the last several days.
A large variety of fun species are still being seen in SE CO. Among 91 sp.
on the 14th were a pair of Rose-breasted Grosbeaks at Hasty GC (Bent), a
White-eyed Vireo in Lamar CC Woods (Prowers) ID'd by Dave L, and an Indigo
Bunting at Holly rest area. On the 15th a Chestnut-sided Warbler was at
