Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - Barr Banding Report, 10-23-22

[Meredith McBurney]

Our final day of banding for 2022 was both slow and very exciting.  Only nine birds banded on a day that ended early due to wind.  But one of those nine was a Northern Shrike, and that pretty much made up for the lack of activity.  None of us had ever seen one that "up close", and we marveled at the shape interesting shape of its bill - we looked carefully but avoided contact!  (It appears that this is likely the 2nd ever caught at the banding station, the other one being caught on Nov 6, 1988!)

So, here's the final nine for the season:

Northern Shrike 1

Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon's 2

Yellow-rumped Warbler, Myrtle 2

White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 1

Dark-eyed Junco, Oregon 2

Dark-eyed Junco, Pink-sided 1

Lots of data to enter and analysis to be done; I'll be back with a report relatively soon, I hope!  We had a good season, with just over 1800 individual birds caught, well above the 1100 caught in our dismal season last year.  We'll see how it looks when we factor in net hours.  My thanks to a wonderful team of volunteers and staff who make it possible to run 25 nets 6 mornings a week for 9 weeks in order to monitor the songbirds coming through our area each fall.  Also, thanks to all our visitors as well as those of you who read and comment on the daily posts!

Meredith McBurney
Bander, Barr Lake Station

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

[Charlie Chase]

Outstanding ending to an outstanding effort.  Thanks for all your work Meredith and letting all of us "play" with you.

Charlie

Denver

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[Susan Rosine]

Wow, NOVEMBER!!!!! Didn't realize you ever ran the station that late.

So, the first Northern Shrike in the "modern era" of bird banding haha! Here's a photo I took. 

It was a great season. See you all next year.

Susan Rosine

Brighton 

On Mon, Oct 24, 2022, 2:11 PM Charlie Chase <charles...@gmail.com> wrote:

Outstanding ending to an outstanding effort.  Thanks for all your work Meredith and letting all of us "play" with you.

Charlie

Denver