Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Barr Lake Station, 9/12/18

[Meredith...@birdconservancy.org]

This is the first time I can remember when hot temperatures did not seem to have much impact on bird numbers - even with an early close of many nets (those most in the sun) we managed to catch 65 new birds.  Wilson's Warblers, not surprisingly, continue to dominate:

Downy Woodpecker 2

Western Wood-pewee 1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1

Orange-crowned Warbler 4

Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon's 4

Townsend's Warbler 1

Common Yellowthroat 2

Wilson's Warbler 43

Western Tanager 1

Spotted Towhee 1 (FOS, and a very young bird)

Chipping Sparrow 3

Song Sparrow 1

Lincoln's Sparrow 1

We are open 6 days a week (closed Monday), weather permitting through October 14. We are opening nets at 6:30 and should have birds back at the station by 7:15. We will close most days by about 11:30, earlier this week because of the heat. School groups arrive most weekdays at about 9:30. The best time to visit (fewest people, most birds) is before 9:30 weekdays and Sundays. 

Come visit!

 

Meredith McBurney

Bander

Barr Lake Station

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies