[cobirds] Chico Basin Ranch Banding, Tuesday

2009-05-12 Thread Steven Brown
Hi COBirders, Warm and slow. 22 new birds banded. Only real turnover noticed was in White-crowned Sparrows. Yesterday we banded Gambel's race - today they were all Mountain race. Today was also another "big bird day". Only one warbler banded (MacGillivray's, m), and only one thrush (

[cobirds] Chico Basin Ranch banding Tuesday

2009-05-05 Thread Steven Brown
Hi COBirders, Today not many birds seemed to have arrived overnight, and it was slow initially. As the morning went on, we actually did pretty well, with great diversity. It was pretty dead by noon. Missing today were any thrushes, flycatchers, or vireos, and only a few warblers were se

[cobirds] Chico Basin Ranch Banding, Tuesday

2009-04-28 Thread Steven Brown
Hi COBirders, Nancy Gobris, RMBO, banded at CBR today, 7am-2pm. Unlike in town, it was not wet, and the low ceiling kept birds active all morning. Mostly small birds today. Banding Highlights: GC Kinglet, RC Kinglet, BG Gnatcatcher, FOY Wilson's Warbler, FOY GT Towhee, Say's Phoebe, SP