Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Barr Lake Station, 9/22/16

[meredith...@birdconservancy.org]

Never know what will happen......It was cool and foggy early this morning and we weren't catching much; we were debating whether the fog was becoming mist and whether closing was in order. Then things cleared a bit, and the next run was a good one - caught a Cassin's Vireo and a Blue-headed Vireo almost side by side.  We also had a Green-tailed Towhee and a Spotted Towhee at the same time, making for 2 great photo ops in one morning.  And a Nashville Warbler.  And our first two Catbirds of the season.  All in all, a great morning, with 37 new birds of 16 species, plus 2 Chickadees banded last year:

Cassin's Vireo 1

Blue-headed Vireo 1 (First and perhaps only of season)

Black-capped Chickadee 2, both banded in 2015

House Wren 3

Hermit Thrush 2

Gray Catbird 2 (FOS)

Orange-crowned Warbler 6

Nashville Warbler 1 (FIrst and likely only of season)

Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon's 2

Townsend's Warbler 1

Common Yellowthroat 1

Wilson's Warbler 8

Green-tailed Towhee 2

Spotted Towhee 1 (FOS)

Chipping Sparrow 3

Lincoln's Sparrow 2

White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 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