RMBO Banding at Connected Lakes State Park, Grand Junction

[Linnea Rowse]

Hi all,

We've just completed the first week of bird banding at Connected Lakes State Park, in Grand Junction. I will be banding here for 4 weeks, working with Grand Valley Audubon Society educators in teaching 4th graders about the importance of birds and bird banding.

A brief summary of species and numbers (including recaps) we have caught so far follows:

Friday, 9/20/13 - our first day of banding (no school group that day): Total -6 birds 

Western Scrub-Jay - 1

Juniper Titmouse - 2

American Robin - 1

White-crowned Sparrow - 2

Monday, 9/23/13: Total -5 

American Robin - 1

Wilson's Warbler - 2

White-crowned Sparrow - 1

Oregon Junco - 1

Tuesday, 9/24/13: Total - 13 

Black-capped Chickadee - 5

Juniper Titmouse - 1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1

American Robin - 2

Wilson's Warbler - 1

Spotted Towhee - 1

White-crowned Sparrow - 2

Wednesday, 9/25/13: Total - 10 

Bushtit - 4

American Robin - 1

Orange-crowned Warbler - 1

Wilson's Warbler - 1

Spotted Towhee - 1

White-crowned Sparrow - 2

Thursday, 9/26/13: Total -10 

Bushtit - 1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3

Wilson's Warbler - 1

Spotted Towhee - 2

White-crowned Sparrow - 2

House Sparrow - 1

Friday, 9/27/13: Total - 4

Hammond's Flycatcher - 1

American Robin - 1

White-crowned Sparrow - 2

Our public day is scheduled for Saturday, 10/12/2013, from about 7:30am-12:00pm. 

Linnea Rowse

Bird Bander

Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory

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Linnea Rowse
Bird Bander

Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory
lmr...@gmail.com