Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - Chatfield Banding Report, 5/10/22

[Meredith McBurney]

The headline today was returns - 7 birds banded in prior seasons caught for the first time this year.  Six were migrators returning to breed.  One, and likely the oldest of the group, was a Black-capped Chickadee banded in 2015.  He probably has spent his whole life in the area around the banding station and the Nature Center feeders.  Here's the breakdown of those 7 birds plus the 14 new birds banded:

Least Flycatcher 1

Black-capped Chickadee 1 return, banded 2015

House Wren 2

Gray Catbird 4 new, 3 returns banded 2021, 1 banded 2019

Yellow Warbler 2 new, 1 banded 2021

MacGillivray's Warbler 1 (FOS)

Common Yellowthroat 2

Yellow-breasted Chat 1 return, banded 2021

Song Sparrow 1

White-crowned Sparrow, Mountain 1

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Meredith McBurney
Bander, Chatfield Station

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies