Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Chatfield Station, 5/7/16

[meredith...@birdconservancy.org]

We got in about 4 hours this morning before the wind picked up (and we were just back in our cars when the rain started).  A pretty glorious 4 hours for us and the perhaps 40 visitors that came by for some or all of the morning - counting new, repeats and returns, we processed 42 birds of 20 species, 6 of which were new for the season. Plus 1 of our really senior Yellow Warblers again returned - #2410-71588, banded 5/23/08 as a young bird, so now 9 years old.

Here's the breakdown of the new and returns:

Downy Woodpecker 1

Warbling Vireo 1 (FOS)

House Wren 5

Blue-grey Gnatcatcher 2

Orange-crowned Warbler 1

Virginia's Warbler 5 (Probably a record for number of VIWAs caught in 1 day here)

Yellow Warbler 3, all returns, the 1 mentioned above from 2008 and 2 from 2015

Yellow-rumped Warbler, Myrtle 1

Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon 3

MacGillivray's Warbler 1 (FOS)

Common Yellowthroat 1

Yellow-breasted Chat 1 (FOS)

Western Tanager 1 (FOS)

Green-tailed Towhee 2 (FOS)

Chipping Sparrow 1

Clay-colored Sparrow 1 (FOS)

Lincoln's Sparrow 2

White-crowned Sparrow, Mountain 4 new, 1 banded last year

Brown-headed Cowbird 1

Open daily, weather permitting, through June 2, EXCEPT for May 13, 14, and 30. It is almost always better to visit early in the morning. We are opening nets at 6:30, and most days will have birds back at the station by 7:15. There are school groups every weekday, arriving about 9:45. We aim to close by noon most days, earlier if it is very hot, very cold, or very windy.
 
Meredith McBurney
Bander/Biologist
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies