Bird Conservancy of the Rockies, Western Slope Banding

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Sep 16, 2021, 1:59:11 PM9/16/21
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Greetings from the Western Slope! We opened our banding station at Ridgway State Park on Tuesday 9/7. It's been a slow season here, with 81 birds of 22 species banded in the last week. 4 hatch year Black-chinned Hummingbirds have also been caught and released, unbanded. We have been averaging about 10-15 new birds banded each day. However, we have been busy with education. We've had school groups each day, ranging in size from 30-100 students!

Totals for the last week:

Black-capped Chickadee - 4
Yellow Warbler - 2
Wilson's Warbler - 14
Nashville Warbler - 1
Black-throated Gray Warbler - 2
Orange-crowned Warbler - 2
MacGillivray's Warbler - 2
Audubon's Warbler - 8
Hermit Thrush - 1
Cassin's Vireo - 2
Plumbeous Vireo - 1
Western Tanager - 1
Western Bluebird - 1
Green-tailed Towhee - 4
Spotted Towhee - 1
Lincoln's Sparrow - 4
Song Sparrow - 8
Mountain White-crowned Sparrow - 4
Townsend's Solitaire - 1
Gray Catbird - 9
Red-naped Sapsucker - 1
American Robin - 8

We will be banding at Ridgway Thursday and Friday. Beginning next Monday through 10/15, our station will move up to Connected Lakes State Park. We are currently banding Monday-Friday, 640-1240, weather permitting. Come join us!


Alicia Bachman

Bander, Western Slope

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

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