Bird Conservancy of the Rockies Chico Basin Ranch Banding Update 9/11/21

[Nancy Ransom]

Sorry for the double post, but I wanted to post our banding update from today as well! I’d also like to mention that today I was featured on the Western Bird Banding Association’s online virtual conference! They will be sharing links of my pre-recorded video where I talk about the net set-up at Chico and do some bird-banding demonstrations. If you’d like that link when it becomes available please reply to this. We caught two new species for the season: a Common Yellowthroat and Townsend’s Warbler. It was amazing seeing the variation between a hatch-year male and female Townsend’s! We had 59 captures today, bringing out cumulative fall total to 433. 

Chico captures for 9/11: 

Wilson’s Warbler 32

Dusky Flycatcher 2

Townsend’s Warbler 2

Common Yellowthroat 1

Chipping Sparrow 3

Warbling Vireo 2

Cassin’s Vireo 1 

Lazuli Bunting 1

MacGillivray’s Warbler 1 

Lincoln’s Sparrow 2

Swainson’s Thrush 1

Yellow-breasted Chat 1 

Western Tanager 1

Plumbeous Vireo 1

Ovenbird 1

We are open 6 days a week at Chico Basin Ranch (closed Sunday), usually returning from the first net run around 7am and staying open until about 11:30am, weather permitting. Thank you for your continued support!

Nancy Ransom

Bander, Chico Basin Ranch

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies