Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - Barr Banding Report 8/29/23

[meredith]

Hot and slow today.

Finally caught our first Pewees......we've been hearing them daily, and normally start catching them right away; none til today, and then we had four.  The other capture of note was a female Chipping Sparrow with a brood patch, still sporting a full rufous crown.  This is the second one we've caught (the other was during our training days before the season started) that might have bred at Barr this summer.

Here's the breakdown of today's 15 new birds for the season:

Western Wood-Pewee 4

Black-capped Chickadee 1 banded 2022

House Wren 1

Yellow Warbler 5

Wilson's Warbler 3

Chipping Sparrow 1

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Meredith McBurney
Bander, Barr Lake Station
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies