Bird Conservancy Banding Station Report, Chatfield, 4-27-16

[meredith...@birdconservancy.org]

A perfectly lovely first day of banding at Chatfield! Sunny, cool, no wind, and more birds than usual for late April at this station. A total of 34 birds, of which 20 were Yellow-rumped Warblers - Audubon's, Myrtles, even 1 intergrade; males and females; young and adults.

Here's the breakdown:

Black-capped Chickadee 2 new, 1 banded 4/25/15
House Wren 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Hermit Thrush 1
Orange-crowned Warbler 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler, Myrtle 10
Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon 9
Yellow-rumped Warbler, Intergrade 1
Spotted Towhee 1 new, 1 banded 5/26/15
Unidentified Dark-eyed Junco 1

Open daily, weather permitting (so it is very likely we will be closed some of the next few days!) through June 2, EXCEPT for May 13, 14, and 30. It is almost always better to visit early. We are opening nets at 6:30, and most days will have birds back at the station by 7:15. There are school groups every weekday, arriving about 9:45.

Meredith McBurney
Bander/Biologist
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies