Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - Chatfield Banding Report, 4/24/22

[Meredith McBurney]

Started the morning with two striking adult males - a Ruby-crowned Kinglet and a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - two typically early-arriving migrants coming through right on schedule.  Overall, a pretty standard early spring day, with 13 new birds banded and two returns from prior years:

Black-capped Chickadee 1

House Wren 2

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1

Yellow-rumped Warbler, hybrid 1

Song Sparrow 2 new, 2 returns (1banded in 2018, 1 in 2021)

White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 5

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Meredith McBurney
Bander, Chatfield Station

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies