[cobirds] RMBO Banding at Chico Basin Ranch, El Paso Co.

Total captures declined during the last half of our third week of banding at Chico Basin Ranch.  By Friday, Wilson’s Warblers had finally dropped out of first place in daily numbers.  We caught our first Townsend’s Solitaire on Thursday and our first Brown Creeper on Friday.

 

Thurs. Sep. 25 – Total: 51

 

Red-shafted Flicker – 1

House Wren – 1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet – 5

Townsend’s Solitaire – 1

Hermit Thrush – 1

Gray Catbird – 2

Northern Mockingbird – 1

Orange-crowned Warbler – 7

Wilson’s Warbler – 14

Clay-colored Sparrow – 1

Chipping Sparrow – 1

Gambel’s White-crowned Sparrow – 8

Song Sparrow – 3

Lincoln’s Sparrow – 5

 

Fri. Sep. 26 – Total:  39

 

Red-breasted Nuthatch – 1

Brown Creeper – 1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet – 5

American Robin – 1

Hermit Thrush – 5

Orange-crowned Warbler – 2

Wilson’s Warbler – 2

Spotted Towhee – 1

Green-tailed Towhee – 1

Chipping Sparrow – 8

Gambel’s White-crowned Sparrow – 5

Lincoln’s Sparrow – 6

Oregon Junco – 1

 

Sat. Sep. 27 – Total:  19

 

Ruby-crowned Kinglet – 1

Swainson’s Thrush – 1

Hermit Thrush – 2

Northern Mockingbird – 2

Orange-crowned Warbler – 2

Wilson’s Warbler – 2

Yellow-breasted Chat – 1

Chipping Sparrow – 3

Gambel’s White-crowned Sparrow – 2

Lincoln’s Sparrow – 2

Oregon Junco – 1

 

Nancy Gobris and Diane Luck

Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory