[cobirds] RMBO Barr Banding Station Report, 9/17/12

Day started cold, gray and periodically windy.  The weather conditions plus a Cooper’s Hawk in the vicinity made things really quiet until about 10 a.m., when the sun broke through and warblers came out.  Had our first mini-flock of Yellow-rumpeds, plus continued Wilson’s.  Not a bad day, with 34 new birds banded:

 

Black-capped Chickadee               1

Red-breasted Nuthatch                2

Swainson’s Thrush          3

Gray Catbird       1

Orange-crowned Warbler            1

Audubon’s Warbler        6

MacGillivray’s Warbler   1

Wilson’s Warbler              10

Green-tailed Towhee    1

Chipping Sparrow            4

Gambel’s White-crowned Sparrow          4

 

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