Bird Conservancy Banding Report-Chatfield Station, 4-25-18

[Meredith...@birdconservancy.org]

Opening day at Chatfield was a typical spring morning - gorgeous blue skies, no wind, and frozen nets from the rain turned to snow the night before.  Also typical for this time of year - not a lot of captures.  Banded 7 birds:

House Wren 1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1

Song Sparrow 3

Lincoln's Sparrow 1

Dark-eyed Junco, Oregon 1

There were at least 2 Cooper's Hawks around looking for breakfast, which limited songbird movement.  It seemed like there was a male Towhee taunting us from a tree near almost every net; maybe we will start catching them tomorrow........

Come visit!  Station is open daily, weather permitting, through the end of May, except for May 10-12 and 28.  We open nets about 6:30 and close around noon.  If you would like to visit on a weekend, you must pre-register - go to the Audubon Society of Greater Denver website.  Perhaps the best time for birders to visit is early in the morning during the week - fewer people and more birds!  (School groups start arriving each day between 9:30 and 10:30.)

Meredith McBurney

Bander

Chatfield Banding Station

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

303-349-0245