Hi COBirders,
full report to follow.
SLOW again. Only 11 new birds banded. Most often seen this morning were accipiter fly-overs - maybe 2-3 Sharp-shinned Hawks, and 2-3 more Cooper's Hawks. That may have kept other birds from flying out to the nets. It was also "Old Friends Day" with recaptures of one of the Wood Thrush from 9/20, and one of the Black-throated Blue Warbler males from 9/26, and about 10 other birds. So where are these guys hiding, since nobody seems to find them the other days?
Still catching Wilson's Warblers, an Orange-crowned Warbler, and a few Gambell's White-crowned Sparrows. Several Townsend's Solitaires, Sapsuckers, and flickers were in the grove - including one Yellow-shafter Flicker male. We saw again what might be a hatch-year Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - but since we can't catch it we're not positive yet.
Good birds, just not many of them.
Good birding,
Steve Brown
Colorado Springs
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