Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Barr Lake Station, 9/27/16

[meredith...@birdconservancy.org]

Moderately busy early on, then very slow, then a big burst at the end.  The Wilson's and Orange-crowned Warblers, Kinglets and most of the Sparrows were in the early group.  The Yellow-rumpeds and Woodpeckers at the end.  Interesting mix of 46 new and 1 banded last year:

Downy Woodpecker 4

Red-shafted Flicker 1 new, 1 banded 2015

House Wren 1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2

Hermit Thrush 2

Orange-crowned Warbler 7

Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon's 12

Wilson's Warbler 3

Spotted Towhee 2

Chipping Sparrow 4

Song Sparrow 1

Lincoln's Sparrow 2

White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 5

We are open 6 days each week, weather permitting, through October 16. We have 2 more closed days - Tues, Oct 4 and Wed, Oct 12. We are opening nets at about 6:50 a.m. and most days we start closing between 11 a.m. and 12 noon. We will open later and/or close earlier if it is very hot, very cold, wet, windy, etc. There are school groups most weekday mornings, usually arriving around 9:30. Best times to visit, if you like lots of birds and fewer humans, are early mornings during the week and Sundays.
 
Meredith McBurney
Bander/Biologist
Barr Lake Banding Station
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies