Barr Banding Station Update, 9/26/15

[meredith]

Leisurely fall banding continues. For the first time since August 31, another species besides Wilson's Warbler was the most frequently caught - on the 31st it was House Wrens; today it was Yellow-rumped Warblers, Chipping Sparrows and Juncos. Not a lot of birds today, but we had a great variety of species to share with Hugh and Urling's ASGD Beginning Birder class.  The Kingerys have been leading this class twice a year for a million years and continue to fill up almost every time - they have provided so many of us with a GREAT introduction to birding! Back to the 22 new birds for the day:

Black-capped Chickadee 1

House Wren 2

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1

Gray Catbird 1

Orange-crowned Warbler 1

Yellow-rumped Warbler, Aududon's 5

Common Yellowthroat 2

Wilson's Warbler 2

Chipping Sparrow 3

Song Sparrow 1

Dark-eyed Junco, Oregon 3

We are open 6 days per week, weather permitting, through Sunday, October 11. Our next closed day is Thursday, 10/1. We are opening nets at 6:30, and will run until noon or whenever it gets too hot or too windy or too whatever. School groups arrive about 9:30 a.m. most weekdays.

Meredith McBurney
Biologist/Bander
Barr Lake Banding Station
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies