Monday, 1 October 2012

[cobirds] CBR, El Paso Co, Monday

Hi COBirders,

Full report to follow, about 35 birds banded today at the RMBO banding station at Chico Basin Ranch.

Brandon P. already reported most of the good stuff we had today, I made him spend 90 minutes looking for the Black-throated Blue Warbler, as I had JUST caught, checked, and released it when he came around the corner and asked if I'd seen it. Oops!  Eventually sighted and photographed.

Then while banding the Eastern (VERY pale blue) White-breasted Nuthatch, we heard the Pygmy Nuthatch- and it was in a net 20 minutes later, and also banded.

Besides that, most the banding today was of Gambell's White-crowned Sparrows, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, and Orange-crowned Warblers. There were many flickers, sapsuckers, and solitaires around, too, but not caught.

Watching the weather,

Steve Brown
Colorado Springs


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