Hi Bird Lovers,
As you are trying to think of relatively cool ways to spend some time outdoors with birds this hot weekend, remember that the Barr Banding Station is now officially open. We should have birds back at the station by about 7:30 a.m. and you can enjoy about 3 at least somewhat cool hours with birds before it is too hot to be catching birds and humans with any sense are someplace air-conditioned (which apparently excludes Norm Lewis and many others, judging from recent postings!).
And what are we catching? We’ve been banding for training and practice some days over the past couple of weeks:
· The summer residents are moving out – We are still catching some Yellow Warblers and House Wrens, but less than we were a week ago.
· Flycatchers – We’ve caught Willow, Dusky, Western, Least. And today our first Western Wood-pewee.
· Lots of warblers – In addition to Yellows, we’ve had Wilsons, MacGillivrays, Townsends, Common Yellowthroats, American Redstarts, and today we had our first BLACK AND WHITE since 2003 (and only the 15th in 26 years).
· Vireos - Warbling of course, earlier this week a Cassins, and today a RED-EYED.
Not super busy yet – today we had 23 new and 2 that we banded in prior years – but a nice 3-4 hours with some cool species.
We will be open 6 days a week from now through Oct 13. Our closed days these first two weeks are Friday, 9/6 and then Monday, 9/9. I will continue to post our schedule, as well as birds caught, on this page.
Meredith
Meredith McBurney
Biologist/Bander
Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory
303-329-8091
Celebrating 25 Years of Bird and Habitat Conservation
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