[cobirds] RMBO Barr Banding Station Report 9/16/12

Thanks, Dave, for your description of a “beautiful” and “transitional” day!  I’d second that, for our day at Barr, and perhaps the transitional nature of mid-September provided us with the solid mix of numbers and species  – enough birds to keep things interesting but few enough that we took some time to compare and contrast.  We had Swainson and Hermit Thrushes side by side, then Orange-crowned, Yellow, Townsend’s, MacGillivray’s and Wilson’s Warblers (a pity there were no Yellow-rumpeds today!).  Then 3 sparrow species.  And a 6^th one-legged Downy.  And a Blue Grosbeak for one FOS.  Here’s the breakdown:

 

Downy Woodpecker      1 (This is the 5^th or 6^th “one-legged” Downy, all missing the right leg, caught in the past 3 seasons.  Most have been Fs, although there has been 1 M.)

Black-capped Chickadee               1

Swainson’s Thrush          1

Hermit Thrush   1

Orange-crowned Warbler            2

Yellow Warbler 1 (The first Yellow in 11 days.  Just looked at 2010 and 2011, and our last Yellows were on 9/16 and 9/15 respectively.)

Townsend’s Warbler      3 (Haven’t counted, but far more Townsend’s than usual this year)

MacGillivray’s Warbler   1

Wilson’s Warbler              11

Green-tailed Towhee    1

Chipping Sparrow            4

Gambel’s White-crowned Sparrow          1

Blue Grosbeak  1 (FOS, HY)

(As recaps, we also had a Hammond’s Flycatcher and a House Wren, giving us 15 species for the day.  Lots of Blue Jays, Flickers and Magpies around, but not in the nets….yet…….)

 

Again, our schedule for the balance of the banding season: Open 6 days a week through Sunday, October 14, weather permitting. Our closed days will be Wed 9/19, Wed 9/26, Thurs 10/4, and Wed 10/10.

Meredith McBurney

Biologist/Bander

Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory

303-329-8091