N Waterthrush, Clear Spgs Rnch, El Paso Co, Wed.

[Steven Brown]

Hi COBirders,

Wet this morning, as one would expect. Low ceiling, calm, drizzle until 11:30. Banding (and birding) was slow but steady, with many migrants working their way N along Fountain Creek as the morning progressed. Highlight today was a second Northern Waterthrush at CSR this week.

Banded today:

House Wren 5 (these were migrants - all carrying lots of fat)

Gray Catbird

N Waterthrush, adult

Orange-crowned Warbler, male

Com Yellowthroat, male

Yellow-breasted Chat, male

Lincoln’s Sparrow 2

White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel’s)

Am Goldfinch 5, plus one previously banded 8/14

Red-winged Blackbird 5

Yellow Warbler recap from 5/14

Plus caught in the nets, but not banded - male Black-chinned Hummingbird, male Broad-tailed Hummingbird

It is VERY muddy on the roads at CSR. It will take a couple days to dry-out and harden-up. Plus Little Fountain Creek was close to topping the service road, near the main banding station, and some of the roadbed was washed out.

Good birding,

Steve Brown

Colorado SPrings