[cobirds] RMBO--Grand Junction Banding Wk.1

The first week of banding in Grand Junction went very well.  The nets are in new locations this year, and it is making a big difference.  We have the nets set up in mature Skunkbrush/Rabbitbrush, and we are catching lots of White-crowned Sparrows.  As a scientist, this makes me happy, because catching more individuals from the same species means that we'll have better data for that species.  Here is a summary for the week.  We caught a total of 79 new individuals from 12 species.  We also caught 3 individuals that were originally banded last year (2 Black-capped Chickadees and 1 Bushtit).  

White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel's): 26

White-crowned Sparrow (unknown): 13

White-crowned Sparrow (Mountain): 9

Wilson's Warbler: 10

American Robin: 9

Spotted Towhee: 4

Orange-crowned Warbler: 3

Bewick's Wren: 1

Black-capped Chickadee: 1

Bushtit: 1

Song Sparrow: 1

Oregon Dark-eyed Junco: 1

Don't forget that the public day is this Saturday.  I'll be banding from about 6:30-11:30, so please stop by and check out my sparrows!

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Amber Carver

Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory

caramb22@gmail.com

(310)483-5721

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