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

[meredith...@birdconservancy.org]

It is May 5, and we caught our first Yellow Warbler, as Ira would say, right on time.  (We, like Ira, also had our first Lazuli Bunting today, but that's not a bird for which we track arrival dates.)  A relatively slow day; the Yellow-rumpeds, which have been our most-caught bird almost every day, seem to have moved on.  Caught 11 new birds, plus two banded in prior years:

Downy Woodpecker 2

House Wren 3 new, 1 banded 2015

Hermit Thrush 1

Yellow Warbler 1 (FOS)

Common Yellowthroat 1 (FOS)

Spotted Towhee 1 new, 1 banded 2014 (This guy has been hanging around the Nature Center feeders for at least the past 2 years.)

Song Sparrow 1

Lazuli Bunting 1 (FOS)

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