RMBO Chatfield Banding Report, 5/24/15

[meredith]

Our best banding day this season - Nice weather, lots of visitors and, of course, more birds!  Pretty typical for a good day at this time in May. Banded 44, plus had 2 additional returns from prior years and a slew (18) of birds already counted this season.  Here's the breakdown of the new birds:

Dusky Flycatcher 3

Western Flycatcher 1

Warbling Vireo 2

House Wren 7

Swainson's Thrush 2

Gray Catbird 8

Yellow Warbler 9 new, 2 returns (1 from 2013, 1 from 2012)

MacGillivray's Warbler 1

Wilson's Warbler 1

Yellow-breasted Chat 3

Green-tailed Towhee 1

Spotted Towhee 1

Mountain White-crowned Sparrow 1

Common Grackle 2

Bullock's Oriole 2

Open daily, weather permitting, for the next week - through the end of May,  From about 7:30 - 11.

Meredith McBurney

Bander, Chatfield Station

Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory