RMBO Banding at Chico Basin Ranch, El Paso Co.
Nancy Gobris
Last Thursday was our first slow day of the season, following the rain day on Wednesday. We banded only 21 birds on Thursday, then were closed again on Friday due to weather. On Saturday we were back over 100. Having missed two days last week, we decided to open on Sunday, and banded a respectable 44 birds. Species and totals for the three days follow. We have banded 853 birds of 28 species in eight days.
Thursday 9/12: Total 21
Western Wood-Pewee – 2
Western Flycatcher – 2
Willow Flycatcher – 1
House Wren – 3
Swainson’s Thrush - 3
Wilson’s Warbler – 9
Blue Grosbeak - 1
Saturday 9/14: Total 162
Western Wood-Pewee – 4
Least Flycatcher - 2
Dusky Flycatcher – 1
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
Cassin’s Vireo - 2
House Wren – 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet – 2
American Robin – 3
Swainson’s Thrush – 3
Hermit Thrush – 11
Gray Catbird – 2
Brown Thrasher – 1
Orange-crowned Warbler – 5
Tennessee Warbler - 1
Yellow Warbler – 3
Ovenbird – 1
MacGillivray’s Warbler - 5
Wilson’s Warbler – 91
Western Tanager – 1
Brewer’s Sparrow – 4
Clay-colored Sparrow – 2
Chipping Sparrow – 9
Mountain White-crowned Sparrow – 1
Lincoln’s Sparrow - 6
Sunday, 9/15: Total 44
Western Wood-Pewee – 1
Western Flycatcher – 1
Cassin’s Vireo - 1
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
American Robin – 1
Hermit Thrush – 4
Gray Catbird – 1
Orange-crowned Warbler – 1
Yellow Warbler – 1
MacGillivray’s Warbler - 1
Wilson’s Warbler – 23
Yellow-breasted Chat – 1
Lazuli Bunting – 3
Clay-colored Sparrow – 2
Lincoln’s Sparrow - 2
Nancy Gobris
Steve Brown, Susan Craig
Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory
Nancy Gobris
The first half of the week brought us fewer birds for banding at Chico Basin Ranch – species and totals follow. While we banded only 9 birds on Monday, one of them was a new species for the station, a Great Crested Flycatcher. On Tuesday we banded three FOS species: Red-shafted Flicker, Red-breasted Nuthatch, and Northern Waterthrush. Total thus far for the season is 932 birds of 32 species.
Monday 9/16: Total 9
Western Flycatcher – 1
Great Crested Flycatcher - 1
Swainson’s Thrush - 1
Wilson’s Warbler – 5
Lazuli Bunting - 1
Tuesday 9/17: Total 40
Red-shafted Flicker - 1
Western Wood-Pewee – 1
Least Flycatcher - 1
Hammond’s Flycatcher – 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1
House Wren – 2
Swainson’s Thrush – 3
Hermit Thrush – 2
Orange-crowned Warbler – 1
Ovenbird – 1
Northern Waterthush - 1
MacGillivray’s Warbler - 1
Wilson’s Warbler – 11
Blue Grosbeak – 4
Clay-colored Sparrow – 1
Chipping Sparrow – 2
Mountain White-crowned Sparrow – 1
Lincoln’s Sparrow - 4
Wednesday, 9/18: Total 30
Hammond’s Flycatcher – 1
Cassin’s Vireo - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
American Robin – 2
Orange-crowned Warbler – 2
Northern Waterthrush – 1
MacGillivray’s Warbler - 2
Wilson’s Warbler – 6
Green-tailed Towhee - 2
Clay-colored Sparrow – 1
Chipping Sparrow – 3
Lincoln’s Sparrow - 8
Nancy Gobris
Bird numbers picked back up during the second half of the week at the Chico Basin Ranch banding station. Species and totals for the three days follow. We had our highest single-day species count on Thursday, with 29. Our first Audubon’s Warbler arrived on Thursday, as well as a lovely Philadelphia Vireo. Friday brought a single Winter Wren, followed by a second on Saturday. We have banded 1175 birds of 36 species thus far this season.
Thursday 9/19: Total 90
Western Wood-Pewee – 2
Western Flycatcher – 1
Least Flycatcher - 2
Hammond’s Flycatcher – 1
Dusky Flycatcher – 4
Philadelphia Vireo - 1
House Wren – 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet – 2
Townsend’s Solitaire - 1
Swainson’s Thrush – 1
Hermit Thrush -2
Gray Catbird – 2
Orange-crowned Warbler – 4
Yellow Warbler – 2
Audubon’s Warbler – 1
MacGillivray’s Warbler – 2
Common Yellowthroat - 1
Wilson’s Warbler – 42
Yellow-breasted Chat – 1
Western Tanager – 2
Black-headed Grosbeak - 1
Blue Grosbeak – 1
Lazuli Bunting – 1
Indigo Bunting – 1
Clay-colored Sparrow – 1
Chipping Sparrow – 4
Song Sparrow – 1
Lincoln’s Sparrow – 3
House Finch - 1
Friday 9/20: Total 105
Western Wood-Pewee – 1
Western Flycatcher - 1
Least Flycatcher – 1
Hammond’s Flycatcher – 3
Dusky Flycatcher – 2
House Wren – 2
Winter Wren - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet – 4
Swainson’s Thrush – 1
Hermit Thrush – 15
Gray Catbird – 6
Orange-crowned Warbler – 1
Yellow Warbler - 1
MacGillivray’s Warbler – 3
Common Yellowthroat - 1
Wilson’s Warbler – 56
Western Tanager – 1
Blue Grosbeak - 1
Chipping Sparrow – 1
Mountain White-crowned Sparrow – 1
Gambel’s White-crowned Sparrow – 1
Lincoln’s Sparrow - 1
Saturday, 9/21: Total 48
Hammond’s Flycatcher -1
Winter Wren - 1
Hermit Thrush – 1
Brown Thrasher – 1
Orange-crowned Warbler – 3
Yellow Warbler – 1
Common Yellowthroat - 1
Wilson’s Warbler – 10
Yellow-breasted Chat – 1
Western Tanager- 1
Lazuli Bunting – 1
Brewer’s Sparrow - 2
Clay-colored Sparrow – 1
Chipping Sparrow – 10
Mountain White-crowned Sparrow – 3
Lincoln’s Sparrow - 10