Hi all,
-- We've just completed the first week of bird banding at Connected Lakes State Park, in Grand Junction. I will be banding here for 4 weeks, working with Grand Valley Audubon Society educators in teaching 4th graders about the importance of birds and bird banding.
A brief summary of species and numbers (including recaps) we have caught so far follows:
Friday, 9/20/13 - our first day of banding (no school group that day): Total -6 birds
Western Scrub-Jay - 1
Juniper Titmouse - 2
American Robin - 1
White-crowned Sparrow - 2
Monday, 9/23/13: Total -5
American Robin - 1
Wilson's Warbler - 2
White-crowned Sparrow - 1
Oregon Junco - 1
Tuesday, 9/24/13: Total - 13
Black-capped Chickadee - 5
Juniper Titmouse - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
American Robin - 2
Wilson's Warbler - 1
Spotted Towhee - 1
White-crowned Sparrow - 2
Wednesday, 9/25/13: Total - 10
Bushtit - 4
American Robin - 1
Orange-crowned Warbler - 1
Wilson's Warbler - 1
Spotted Towhee - 1
White-crowned Sparrow - 2
Thursday, 9/26/13: Total -10
Bushtit - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3
Wilson's Warbler - 1
Spotted Towhee - 2
White-crowned Sparrow - 2
House Sparrow - 1
Friday, 9/27/13: Total - 4
Hammond's Flycatcher - 1
American Robin - 1
White-crowned Sparrow - 2
Our public day is scheduled for Saturday, 10/12/2013, from about 7:30am-12:00pm.
Linnea Rowse
Bird Bander
Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory
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