RMBO Chatfield Banding Station Update, 5/16/14

[Meredith McBurney]

Number of birds caught has returned to closer to normal for Chatfield; most of the birds brought in by the storm appear to have moved on.  Numbers of new birds have been in the mid-20s the last 2 days - great for education purposes because we can take time describing each bird…..good today, as we had a school group of 6th graders, a DU ornithology class and an adult beginning birder class.  Whew!

You can tell when we have caught something particularly exciting, because the volunteers - experienced birders all - return from the net run and grab the nearest Sibley’s.  That happened today about 10 a.m. when we caught our first-ever BLUE-WINGED WARBLER.  Perky little girl with a good fat supply.

A break-down of the 27 new birds caught today:

Dusky Flycatcher  3

House Wren  7

Hermit Thrush  1

Gray Catbird  1

Orange-crowned Warbler  2

Blue-winged Warble  1

Yellow Warbler  4

Common Yellowthroat  3

Wilson’s Warbler  1

Yellow-breasted Chat  1

Lincoln Sparrow  3

Meredith McBurney
Biologist/Bander

Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory
303-329-8091