[cobirds] Chico Basin Ranch Banding Station- Bird Conservancy of the Rockies- 9/25/2025

I sure hope the birds are doing well somewhere or just flying over the ranch to another stopover site to the south of here. We caught our 3rd Sharp-shinned Hawk for the season. Today it was an adult male- beautiful or should I say handsome bird! Another Handsome bird was an adult male Spotted Towhee. Ruby- colored eye set in the velvet black feathered head made him look ready to go to a party. There are still some straggler species around- a Hatching year Black-chinned Hummingbird and a Lazuli Bunting.

20 New Banded Birds

Wilson's Warbler-6

American Goldfinch-3

Lazuli Bunting- 1

Lincoln's Sparrow- 1

Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow- 5

Gray Catbird- 1

Spotted Towhee-1

Brown Thrasher- 1

Sharp-shinned Hawk- 1

No Recaptures- Good to know the birds are fattening up and on their way south.

The Banding Station will be operating tomorrow from sunrise until around noon. A piece of information is that there will be a large elementary student group there after 9:30am.

If birding or visiting the ranch, please sign up on the Aiken Audubon website.

www.aikenaudubon.com

Have a great day,

Julie Shieldcastle

Chico Basin Ranch Bird Bander

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

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