Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - Chatfield Banding Station, 5/3/24

[meredith]

For the first half of the morning, it almost felt like we were running a banding station, with birds in every run and some new species; plenty to thrill the high school students who spent the early morning with us.  Then the temperature rose, the wind picked up, and the action declined.  We did manage to band 15 first of 8 species:

House Wren 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 FOS
American Robin 2 FOS (there has been a flock of robins hanging out at the "3" nets since we opened; we finally caught 2, male and female, on the same run)
Orange-crowned Warbler 2
Green-tailed Towhee 3
Lincoln's Sparrow 2
White-crowned Sparrow, Mountain 1
Red-winged Blackbird 1 FOS (RWBBs are a constant and noisy presence at the station, but they stay up high and even when they come down they bounce out of the net.  

We are banding Tuesday through Sunday (closed Mondays) through May 31, weather permitting.  You can register to visit on the weekends through the Denver Audubon website.  (The first couple of weekends are sold out, so sign up now if you are interested!)

Meredith McBurney
Bander, Chatfield Banding Station
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies