Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - Chico Basin Ranch banding station 5/15/22

[Chicobander]

As usual with songbird migration, one day is not like the next. The Swainson's Thrushes were not here in the numbers they were yesterday. We did not even recapture one of them. I must say that yesterday they were all very fat individuals with bulging fat throats and abdomens which means they were heading northward. Clay-colored Sparrow was the new bird species of the season captured today. Twenty-four species total captured for the day.

110 New Birds banded:

Yellow Warbler -31

Wilson's Warbler -5 

MacGillivray's Warbler -21

Northern Waterthrush -1

Common Yellowthroat - 2

Ovenbird -1

Audubon's (Yellow-rumped) Warbler -1 

Dusky Flycatcher - 3

Willow Flycatcher -2

Ash-throated Flycatcher- 1

Chipping Sparrow -10

Clay-colored Sparrow -13

House Wren -2

American Goldfinch -1

Lincoln's Sparrow -6

Lazuli Bunting -3

Yellow-breasted Chat -3

Gray Catbird -2

Blue Grosbeak -4

Western Tanager -1

Green-tailed Towhee -1

Bullock's Oriole -3

Swainson' Thrush -3

5 Recaptures

MacGillivray's Warbler- 2

Dusky Flycatcher -2

Blue Jay -1 return

Banding Station will be closed tomorrow and be open Tuesday - Sunday next week. Spring Season will go through Friday May 27th. Stop by and Visit if you are in the area.

Julie Shieldcastle

Spring Bird Bander

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies