Wet this morning, as one would expect. Low ceiling, calm, drizzle until 11:30. Banding (and birding) was slow but steady, with many migrants working their way N along Fountain Creek as the morning progressed. Highlight today was a second Northern Waterthrush at CSR this week.
Banded today:
House Wren 5 (these were migrants - all carrying lots of fat)
Gray Catbird
N Waterthrush, adult
Orange-crowned Warbler, male
Com Yellowthroat, male
Yellow-breasted Chat, male
Lincoln's Sparrow 2
White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel's)
Am Goldfinch 5, plus one previously banded 8/14
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Yellow Warbler recap from 5/14
Plus caught in the nets, but not banded - male Black-chinned Hummingbird, male Broad-tailed Hummingbird
It is VERY muddy on the roads at CSR. It will take a couple days to dry-out and harden-up. Plus Little Fountain Creek was close to topping the service road, near the main banding station, and some of the roadbed was washed out.
Good birding,
Steve Brown
Colorado SPrings
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