Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Barr Station, 8/25/18

[Meredith...@birdconservancy.org]

A perfectly lovely first day of fall banding - a nice cloud cover kept the temperature down so we were comfortable banding 67 new birds.  Although Wilson's Warblers dominated, we had a great mix of species:

Warbling Vireo 1

Red-eyed Vireo 1

Black-capped Chickadee 4

House Wren 6

Gray Catbird 1

Orange-crowned Warbler 5

Virginia's Warbler 1

Yellow Warbler 10

Townsend's Warbler 3

American Redstart 1

MacGillivray's Warbler 2

Common Yellowthroat 1

Wilson's Warbler 29

Song Sparrow 1

Lincoln's Sparrow 1

We will be open 6 days per week (closed Mondays), weather permitting, through October 14.  We are opening nets at 6:30 and should have birds back at the station by 7:15.  We will close most days by about 11:30.  School groups arrive most weekdays at about 9:30.  The best time to visit (fewest people, most birds) is before 9:30 weekdays and Sundays.

Come visit!

Meredith McBurney

Bander

Barr Lake Station

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies