Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - Barr Banding Report, September 16

[meredith]

A lovely day at the banding station!  Banded 59 birds of 14 species, including a Nashville Warbler, which is a relative rarity, and a Connecticut Warbler, which is the first ever caught at Barr in the fall (there is a record of one caught on 5/24/93).

We did a really fun one hour virtual program with the Tuesday Birders, who, according to Ann Bonnell, have been visiting the Barr Lake Banding Station annually since it started some 32 years ago.  Tuesday Birders are not meeting in person this year because of Covid, so we brought birds to them virtually in their homes - could not break their record of annual visits!

Here's the breakdown of today's birds:

Downy Woodpecker 1

House Wren 3

Gray Catbird 1

Orange-crowned Warbler 7

Nashville Warbler 1

Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon's 7

Connecticut Warbler 1

Wilson's Warbler 26

Spotted Towhee 1

Green-tailed Towhee 1

Clay-colored Sparrow 1

Lincoln's Sparrow 7

Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow 1

Mountain White-crowned Sparrow 1

If you'd like to visit: Due to restrictions related to Covid-19, we are 

requiring visitors to make a reservation and we will have only 6 visitors 

at the station at a time. We are doing three one-hour time slots, from 8-9, 

9-10, and 10-11, on Tuesdays and then Thursdays through Sundays, through 

October 11. There is a $5 per person fee; scholarships are available to 

those unable to pay. All visitors, staff and volunteers will be wearing 

masks and people will be expected to socially distance. To register and for 

more information go to 

www.birdconservancy.org/bandingregister

 

Meredith McBurney

Bander, Barr Lake Station

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies