Chico Basin Ranch- Bird Conservancy of the Rockies-9/22/2025

[Chicobander]

With a Northerly wind until mid-morning I was hopeful for some birds to drop into the olive grove. Seventeen bird species were captured including four new species for the season: Audubon's Yellow-rumped Warbler, Blue Jay, Song Sparrow, and Vesper Sparrow. Vesper Sparrows are beautiful. There are still a few stragglers of Western Wood-Pewee, a nice looking adult male Western Tanager, and MacGillivray's Warblers around.

51 New Banded Birds

Wilson's Warbler- 13

MacGillivray's Warbler- 1

Audubon's (Yellow-rumped) Warbler- 1

Northern House Wren- 1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet- 1

Western Wood-Pewee- 3

House Finch- 1

American Goldfinch- 3

Song Sparrow- 1

Vesper Sparrow-2

Green-tailed Towhee- 1

Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow- 11

Western Tanager- 1

American Robin- 2

Blue Jay- 1

Recaptured Hermit Thrush from Saturday- gained .7gram of weight

The Banding station will be open tomorrow @ sunrise until noonish. Stop by and share your sightings. If wanting to bird or visit the ranch, sign up on the Aiken Audubon website.

www.aikenaudubon.com

FYI- Friday morning there is a large school group of elementary students so keep that in mind if birding around the banding station- you may want to bird there before 9:30am.

Have a good day,

Julie Shieldcastle

Chico Basin Ranch Bird Bander

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies