We are holding steady at 20-something birds per day, today with 25 newly banded birds of 8 species. The highlight was a young Townsend's Solitaire, a less-than-annual bird in our nets at Barr Lake. Here are the totals:
Wilson's Warbler - 15
Orange-crowned Warbler - 2
MacGillivray's Warbler - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 1
Western Flycatcher - 1
House Wren - 3
Townsend's Solitaire - 1
'Gambel's' White-crowned Sparrow - 2
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Colin Woolley
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies