We got a late start today due to a drizzle that started when we arrived and lasted for about an hour. But then we opened and had a very nice day, sharing our birds with Christy Carello's Metro State College Ornithology class. Yellow-rumped Warblers continued in good numbers, and our first Yellow Warblers and Gray Catbird arrived pretty much on schedule. Note below that our first three Yellows of the season were all banded by us in prior years!
Here a breakdown of the 36 new captures today: Black-capped Chickadee 1 House Wren 4 American Robin 1 (FOS - they are around the station singing every day, but this is the first to come to a net) Gray Catbird 1 (FOS) Orange-crowned Warbler 3 Virginia's Warbler 1 (FOS) Yellow Warbler 2 banded in 2021, 1 banded in 2019 (FOS) Yellow-rumped Warbler, Myrtle 5 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon's 10 Yellow-rumped Warbler, Intergrade 3 Spotted Towhee 1 banded in 2017 (the oldest bird caught so far this season) White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 2 Brown-headed Cowbird 1 We will be banding mornings Tuesday through Sunday (closed on Mondays) through May 31. 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/f530f19e-3162-4750-83c9-1b780c5a60dfn%40googlegroups.com.
