[cobirds] Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - Chatfield Banding Station, 5/3/24

For the first half of the morning, it almost felt like we were running a banding station, with birds in every run and some new species; plenty to thrill the high school students who spent the early morning with us.  Then the temperature rose, the wind picked up, and the action declined.  We did manage to band 15 first of 8 species:

House Wren 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 FOS
American Robin 2 FOS (there has been a flock of robins hanging out at the "3" nets since we opened; we finally caught 2, male and female, on the same run)
Orange-crowned Warbler 2
Green-tailed Towhee 3
Lincoln's Sparrow 2
White-crowned Sparrow, Mountain 1
Red-winged Blackbird 1 FOS (RWBBs are a constant and noisy presence at the station, but they stay up high and even when they come down they bounce out of the net.  

We are banding Tuesday through Sunday (closed Mondays) through May 31, weather permitting.  You can register to visit on the weekends through the Denver Audubon website.  (The first couple of weekends are sold out, so sign up now if you are interested!)

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

 

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[cobirds] BCAS Field Trip: Old St. Vrain Road, May 12

Join local birder Carl Starace and bird along Old St. Vrain Road.  Possible birds include Broad Tailed Hummingbirds, Violet-green Swallows, Great Horned Owls, Bullock's Orioles, Spotted Towhees, Gray Catbirds, Yellow Warblers, and more.

Registration required. Limited to 18 participants. RSVP to reserve your spot.

Sunday, May 12 from 8:00 am to 11:00 am.

For more information and to reserve your spot, visit https://www.boulderaudubon.org/all-events/old-st-vrain-road-carl-starace-may-2024. 

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[cobirds] Chico Basin Ranch Banding Report/Bird Conservancy of the Rockies- May 3, 2024

Another similar bird day as yesterday, however, the locals are arriving back to the area. WE caught another Brown Thrasher that was banded in fall of 2022 as a hatching year bird (3 year -old) and for the second day in a row the Bullock's Orioles are singing in the cottonwoods. First for the season birds include: Yellow Warbler, Hammond's Flycatcher, and a Dark-eyed Junco which I believe is a Gray-headed subspecies. I am waiting on verification on this bird's subspecies determination. It had the looks and tail/wing measurements that fit the Gray-headed subspecies but I am from the midwest so I am deferring to the more experienced Bird Conservancy of Rockies folks.

***Remember Chico Basin is open to a limited number of people each day during this month. Please go to the Aiken Audubon Website to register for a morning to visit. There is a daily registration fee.

 

10 New Banded Birds

Yellow Warbler- 2

Myrtle (Yellow-rumped) Warbler- 1

Orange-crowned Warbler- 2

Ruby-crowned Kinglet- 1

Hammond's Flycatcher- 1

Dark-eyed Junco- 1

Hermit Thrush- 1

Gambel's (White-crowned) Sparrow- 1

1 Returning Bird

Brown Thrasher - banded in September 2022 as a hatching year bird

Enjoy the season- more birds are yet to come!

Have a good day and hope to see you when you come to visit the Ranch.

Julie Shieldcastle, Bander

Chico Basin Ranch

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

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[cobirds] A report from Ken Caryl Valley, JeffCo

Migration has seemed slow at Ken Caryl these last 7-10 days, but things are trickling through. Still, some good birds were here yesterday and today: yesterday a male Summer Tanager, and today a Northern Parula, Northern Waterthrush and Eastern Phoebe, but few other migrants. I was happy to see Western Tanager returned today, with a male seeking suet in my yard. Evening Grosbeaks continue to occur at Ken Caryl Valley nearly daily, many flying north or northwest. This has been a strong showing here for EVGR from April into May. Broad-tailed Hummers have been around for a few weeks now, but so far they seem pretty darn sparse. Many days they are not detected at my home feeders at all. 

David Suddjian

Ken Caryl Valley

Littleton, CO

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[cobirds] Large Chipping sparrow fallout in OCS

While today is not the first time I've seen Chipping Sparrows this spring, a large wave is coming through El Paso County this morning - I saw at least 80 on a walk through the Shooks run neighborhood, and they just keep coming into our yard in groups of 20-40.

Chris Selvig

Colorado Springs

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[cobirds] Crow Valley Campground-Weld

Hi COBirders,

I contacted the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests & Pawnee National Grassland's office in Ft. Collins this morning & brought the situation at CVCG to their attention. I stressed the extreme fire danger under these circumstances.

I offered volunteer help in coordination with the Forest Service for cleaning up the campground. They said they would need to contact the managers on the Pawnee as well as their volunteer coordinator but they did sound enthusiastic about the idea.

I am willing to coordinate but I leave the country this afternoon and will not be back until May 18. 

I am reaching out to anyone on COBirds that might be willing to at least talk to them in my absence if they need to contact someone before the 18th regarding this effort.

Please contact me at hopko at comcast.net if you are willing.

Thinking that this is something Joe Roller would have organized…

R.

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