Chatfield Banding Station: Week 1 Report

[Audrey Hicks]

We had an enjoyable first week of banding at Chatfield with the birds coming in at a slow but steady pace. We banded 61 new birds of 18 species and had the pleasure of capturing 17 birds that had been banded in previous seasons. Some of our highlights were an adult male American Redstart, a Northern Waterthrush, and an unusually light-colored Black-capped Chickadee (possible partial leucism/melanin deficiency).

Our new birds were:

American Goldfinch 2

American Redstart 1

American Robin 2

Black-capped Chickadee 2

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2

Dusky Flycatcher 1

Gray Catbird 9

House Finch 6

Lesser Goldfinch 3

Lincoln Sparrow 1

MacGillivray's Warbler 6

Northern House Wren 9

Northern Waterthrush 1

Song Sparrow 2

Spotted Towhee 3

Western Flycatcher 1

Wilson's Warbler 8

Yellow Warbler 2

Returning birds:

American Goldfinch 1

Black-capped Chickadee 5

Gray Catbird 5

Northern House Wren 2

Song Sparrow 1

Spotted Towhee 1

White-breasted Nuthatch 1

Yellow-breasted Chat 1

If you'd like to visit the station, you can register through Denver Audubon’s website. Registration is required, and spots fill quickly!

Audrey Hicks

Bander, Denver Audubon + Bird Conservancy of the Rockies