Bird Conservancy Banding Report Chico Basin Ranch - 4/22/19

[colin....@birdconservancy.org]

Today was the first day of Spring banding at Chico Basin Ranch. It was a bit chilly and threatened to rain but we only felt a few drops. We set up the site and had nets open for about 3 hours in the late morning. In total we banded 19 birds of 9 species:

Ruby-crowned Kinglet: 2

Orange-crowned Warbler: 1

House Wren: 2

Yellow-rumped "Audubon's" Warbler: 3

Yellow-rumped "Myrtle" Warbler: 3

Dark-eyed "Pink-sided" Junco: 1

American Goldfinch: 1

Lincoln's Sparrow: 1

Hermit Thrush: 3

Spotted Towhee: 2

We are open 6 days a week (closed Sundays), weather permitting. This week we'll be opening nets around 6:30 and closing around 11:30. 

Come visit!

Colin Woolley

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies