Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - Chatfield Banding Report, 4/26/22

[Meredith McBurney]

The morning started nicely for early spring, and then things just stopped.  An Audubon person said she saw a Cooper's Hawk, which could have been the cause.  At any rate, after 8:30, we caught three birds banded over the weekend, and that was it. 

Before that we have our first Wilson's Warblers (4 of them) and our first Hermit Thrush, two more of our usual first week species.  Here's the breakdown of the 11 new birds caught today:

House Wren 2

Hermit Thrush 1

Yellow-rumped Warbler, Myrtle 1

Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon's 1

Yellow-rumped Warbler, hybrid 1

Wilson's Warbler 4

White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 1

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Meredith McBurney
Bander, Chatfield Station

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies