Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - Barr Lake Banding Report, 9/1/26

[Meredith McBurney]

Wilson's Warblers are having a BIG year!  Banded 120 of them this morning.  You could stand near a net and watch 6 or 8 of them fly in.  Or turn around to leave and look back and see there were more.  Wild!

Also caught 25 other nice birds, including a Nashville Warbler, the first since 2021.  Here's the breakdown of the 145 new birds caught today:

Mourning Dove 1

Hammond's Flycatcher 1

Western Flycatcher 1

Red-breasted Nuthatch 3

White-breasted Nuthatch 1 (FOS)

Northern House Wren 2

Orange-crowned Warbler 4

Nashville Warbler 1 (FOS)

Yellow Warbler 5

MacGillivray's Warbler 2

Common Yellowthroat 4

Wilson's Warbler 120

We are open Tuesday through Saturday, weather permitting, through October 23.  Most weekday mornings there is a visitor session from 7:30 to 8:30, and on the weekends there are sessions at 8, 9 and 10 a.m.  Reservations are needed; here is the link.   Please join us......It is a great year to visit Barr!

Meredith McBurney

Bander, Barr Lake Station

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies