RMBO Barr Banding Station Report, 9/19/14

[meredith]

Cool banding day at Barr - Started the morning with a BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER (first at the station since 2002), ended with a FOS and perhaps only Rock Wren, and in between caught our FOS Brewer's Sparrow and Yellow-rumped Warbler.  Banded 44 birds:

Rock Wren 1

House Wren 3

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1

Blue-grey Gnatcatcher 1

American Robin 1 (FOS)

Orange-crowned Warbler 2

Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 (hatch year male)

Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon's 1

Wilson's Warbler 25

Green-tailed Towhee 2

Brewer's Sparrow 1

Lincoln's Sparrow 3

House Sparrow 2

Open tomorrow (Sat), then closed Sun and Mon, then open Tues through Sat next week.  We have been closing early (around 11 a.m.) because of the heat.