The Spring banding season at Chico Basin Ranch opened April 23rd. The herculean task of clearing tumbleweeds from the net lanes proved not insurmountable for CBR staff and many courageous volunteers who came out to do battle so that the station could be opened. My sincere thanks to all of you for the truly amazing work.
Thus far we have banded 116 birds of 18 species. We caught our first-ever Prairie Warbler on Tuesday and the bird was seen again today. Also today, we caught a female Hooded Warbler, our 11th individual since 2002. The first two Swainson's Thrushes arrived on Tuesday. Our earliest capture date for this species was April 26th, during 2005. Since then, we've had April Swainson's again in 2006, 2007, and 2008 only; most show up after May 10th.
Nancy Gobris
Diane Luck and Lynne Miller
Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory
No comments:
Post a Comment