My thought when I woke up this morning at 4:30 and realized it had rained overnight was "Oh boy, birds today!" Ha. The first run (which started a bit late, because it was still drizzling when we arrived) showed a slight promise, but then dwindled to nothing. It got windy by mid-morning, but that really made little difference - we already weren't catching anything. The 6 White-crowned Sparrows were caught at the feeder nets at the Nature Center. The one excitement and ID challenge of the day was a young Swamp Sparrow. We don't catch them very often, but we did have one last year on 10/2. Here's the breakdown of the 17 new plus 1 return:
-- Black-capped Chickadee 1 return, banded 2013
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Hermit Thrush 1
Orange-crowned Warbler 7
Yellow-rumped Warbler, Aududon's 1
Swamp Sparrow 1
White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 6
We are open 6 days per week, weather permitting, for 1 1/2 more weeks (through Sunday, October 11). This week we will be closed on Thursday, 10/1. We are opening nets at 6:30, and run until noon or whenever it gets too hot or too windy or too whatever. School groups arrive about 9:30 a.m. most weekdays.
Meredith McBurney
Biologist/Bander
Barr Lake Banding Station
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies
Meredith McBurney
Biologist/Bander
Barr Lake Banding Station
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies
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