[cobirds] RMBO Bird Banding at Chico Basin Ranch, El Paso Co.

 

We began fall migration banding at Chico Basin Ranch last week and have banded 238 birds of 30 species in the past three days.  Tallies for each day are:

 

Thursday, Sept. 6:  Total 118

 

Western Flycatcher – 5

Least Flycatcher - 2

Hammond's Flycatcher – 2

Dusky Flycatcher – 8

Gray Flycatcher – 1

Cassin's Vireo – 2

Red-breasted Nuthatch – 3

House Wren – 6

Ruby-crowned Kinglet – 1

Swainson's Thrush – 3

Gray Catbird – 7

Brown Thrasher – 4

Curve-billed Thrasher – 2

Yellow Warbler – 1

Ovenbird – 1

N. Waterthrush – 1

MacGillivray's Warbler – 5

Wilson's Warbler – 53

Yellow-breasted Chat – 1

Western Tanager – 2

Spotted Towhee – 1

Green-tailed Towhee – 2

Chipping Sparrow – 5

 

Friday, Sept. 7:  Total 39         

 

Western Wood-Pewee - 1

Dusky Flycatcher – 1

House Wren – 1

Wood Thrush – 1

Gray Catbird – 3

Brown Thrasher – 1

Orange-crowned Warbler - 1

Yellow Warbler - 1

MacGillivray's Warbler – 2

Wilson's Warbler -21

Yellow-breasted Chat – 1

Green-tailed Towhee – 2

Brewer's Sparrow - 2

 

Saturday, Sept. 8 – Total:  81

 

Western Wood-Pewee - 3

Traill's Flycatcher - 1

Least Flycatcher - 3

Warbling Vireo - 1

Plumbeous Vireo - 2

Red-breasted Nuthatch – 1

House Wren – 4

Ruby-crowned Kinglet – 1

Townsend's Solitaire - 1

American Robin – 1

Gray Catbird – 4

N. Mockingbird - 1

Brown Thrasher - 2

MacGillivray's Warbler – 2

Wilson's Warbler – 36

Western Tanager – 6

Blue Grosbeak - 2

Green-tailed Towhee – 4

Chipping Sparrow – 1

White-crowned Sparrow – 1

Lincoln's Sparrow - 4

 

 

Nancy Gobris - Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory

Steve Brown - Volunteer Banding Assistant