[cobirds] RMBO Banding Station Report, CHAT, May 6 and 7

Report for Monday, 5/6:

 

Caught 40 birds, but 13 of them were “recaps” – most of them birds that we banded the day after the storm that were still sticking around.  Here is the breakdown of the new captures:

 

Western Wood-pewee 1 (FOS)

House Wren       1

Hermit Thrush   2

American Robin                2 (FOS)

Orange-crowned Warbler            6

Yellow-rumped Warbler, Myrtle               2

Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon          8

Yellow-rumped Warbler, hybrid                1

Spotted Towhee              1 return (banded 5/13/12)

White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel’s 2

Red-winged Blackbird    1

 

Today, Tuesday, 5/7:

 

The day started cloudy, slightly breezy, threatening rain, but very birdy.  Then, after perhaps a half hour, the sun came out, the wind died, and we don’t know where the birds went!  Banded only 15 birds.  We did catch a Black and White Warbler, only the second one in the 9 years of this station.  (Mackenzie, you were right – we caught one in 2010.)  Here’s the breakdown:

 

Hermit Thrush   2

Yellow Warbler 2

Yellow-rumped Warbler, Audubon          1

Yellow-rumped Warbler, hybrid                1

Black and White Warbler              1

Common Yellowthroat  1

Spotted Towhee              1

White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel’s        3

American Goldfinch        3 (FOS)

 

Just a reminder:  We will be closed This Friday and Saturday, 5/10-11.  Then open daily through 6/2, weather permitting.  (Waiting to see what this rain does…..some chance weather may not permit opening tomorrow.)

 

Meredith McBurney

Biologist/Bander

Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory

303-329-8091

 

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