Bird Conservancy Banding Station Report - Barr Lake Station, 9/23/16

[meredith...@birdconservancy.org]

Warmer weather and fewer birds.  Here's today's breakdown of new birds:

Cassin's Vireo 1

House Wren 1

Hermit Thrush 2

Gray Catbird 1

Orange-crowned Warbler 3

Townsend's Warbler 1

Common Yellowthroat 1

Wilson's Warbler 6

Lincoln's Sparrow 1

Song Sparrow 2

Dark-eyed Junco, Oregon 1

We are open 6 days each week, weather permitting, through October 16.We are closed every Monday in September, then October 4 and 12. We are opening nets at about 6:30 a.m. and we start closing between 11 a.m. and 12 noon. We will open later and/or close earlier if it is very hot, very cold, wet, windy, etc. There are school groups most weekday mornings, usually arriving around 9:30. Best times to visit, if you like lots of birds and fewer humans, are early mornings during the week and Sundays.

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