Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - Chatfield Banding Station, 4/24/24

[meredith]

We had a beautiful morning for opening day of 2024 banding at Chatfield.  Spring is early - there are bushes flowering a week or more earlier than usual.  Towhees and chickadees competing to see who can make the most noise.  Pelicans soaring overhead.  A Downy Woodpecker hung out at the banding station most of the morning, which was a treat for our 4th grade visitors.

We caught 15 birds which included all the usual first day species:

Black-capped Chickadee 4  new, 1 banded 2019 as an adult, so hatched 2017 or before.

House Wren 1

Common Yellowthroat 1

Spotted Towhee 1

Song Sparrow 4 

Lincoln's Sparrow 1

White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 2

Reports on our 2021 and 2022 banding seasons can be found here on our website.  With any luck (!!) I will get 2023 posted in the next week or so!

We are banding Tuesday through Sunday (closed Mondays) through May 31.  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