Bird Conservancy of the Rockies, Chatfield Banding Station - May 4, 2023

[Meredith McBurney]

We got a late start today due to a drizzle that started when we arrived and lasted for about an hour.  But then we opened and had a very nice day, sharing our birds with Christy Carello's Metro State College Ornithology class.  Yellow-rumped Warblers continued in good numbers, and our first Yellow Warblers and Gray Catbird arrived pretty much on schedule.  Note below that our first three Yellows of the season were all banded by us in prior years!

Here a breakdown of the 36 new captures today:

Black-capped Chickadee 1

House Wren 4

American Robin 1 (FOS - they are around the station singing every day, but this is the first to come to a net)

Gray Catbird 1 (FOS)

Orange-crowned Warbler 3

Virginia's Warbler 1 (FOS)

Yellow Warbler 2 banded in 2021, 1 banded in 2019 (FOS)

Yellow-rumped Warbler, Myrtle 5

Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon's 10

Yellow-rumped Warbler, Intergrade 3

Spotted Towhee 1 banded in 2017 (the oldest bird caught so far this season)

White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 2

Brown-headed Cowbird 1

We will be banding mornings Tuesday through Sunday (closed on Mondays) through May 31.  Denver Audubon has scheduled one-hour time slots at 7:30, 8:30 and 9:30 for visitors on weekends; visit here to register.  (I believe many time slots are already sold out, so register soon if you would like to visit.)

Meredith McBurney
Bander, Chatfield Banding Station
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies