Bird Conservancy of the Rockies-Grand Junction

[Megan Miller]

Hello All!

Our second week in Grand Junction was dominated by the newly arrived White-crowned Sparrow. We've caught 74 in the past six days. Second place in numbers goes to the Bushtit at 19 new birds this week. A late Yellow-breasted Chat and Virginia's Warbler were this week's highlights. We caught 137 new birds this week. 

Woodhouse's Scrub Jay- 2

Black-capped Chickadee- 1

Bushtit- 19

Bewick's Wren- 1

American Robin- 1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet- 3

Orange-crowned Warbler-11

Wilson's Warbler-6

Virginia's Warbler- 1

Audubon's Yellow-rumped Warbler

Yellow-breasted Chat- 1 (recap from last week)

Spotted Towhee-7

Green-tailed Towhee- 1

Mountain White-crowned Sparrow- 14

Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow- 60

Unknown White-crowned Sparrow- 2

Brewer's Sparrow- 1

Song Sparrow- 4

House Finch- 2

The Grand Junction Banding Station is open through Oct 14. We are open to the public Mon-Friday.

-Megan Miller

Mesa, County

[Megan Miller]

Hello all,

This week we caught 68 birds representing 12 species. Daily captures are dominated by White-crowned Sparrows of both varieties. Spotted Towhees also seem to be present in good numbers as we catch several a day and they make up the majority of our recaptures from previous years. The oldest being a bird banded as a hatch year bird in 2017. We are open through October 14th. 

Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay- 1

Hermit Thrush- 4

Ruby-crowned Kinglet- 1

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher-1 

Bewick's Wren- 1

Wilson's Warbler-2

Orange-crowned Warbler- 3

Spotted Towhee- 8

Lincoln's Sparrow- 1

Song Sparrow- 2

White-crowned Sparrow- 40

House Finch- 4

Feel free to visit the station! We have school groups every day at 10am. I recommend arriving between 730-10 am for best bird viewing. You'll learn a lot about White-crowned Sparrows. 

-Megan M