RMBO Banding Station Report, Chatfield 5/20/13

[Meredith]

Caught birds at a leisurely pace all morning.  Started with grey skies and almost drizzle, then some late morning sunshine before the rain started just as we finished closing the nets about 12:30.  It was nice to be worried that it might start to rain instead of worrying about it getting too hot!  A few more birds – 30 new and 2 returns:

 

Black-capped Chickadee               1

House Wren       3

Swainson’s Thrush          3

Gray Catbird       5

Yellow Warbler 5 new, 2 returns (1 banded last year, 1 banded in 2006!)

Northern Waterthrush 1 (our 2^nd this year)

MacGillivray’s Warbler   1

Common Yellowthroat  1

Yellow-breasted Chat    4

Green-tailed Towhee    1

Song Sparrow    1

Lincoln’s Sparrow             1

Black-headed Grosbeak                1 (FOS)

Brown-headed Cowbird               2

 

Open daily, weather permitting, through June 2.

 

Meredith McBurney

Biologist/Bander

Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory

303-329-8091

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