[cobirds] Re: Ridgway Banding and comment on rare birds.

Nick,

I think most active birders would have picked out the same two birds from Amanda's list as rare that you did, and I had been thinking the same thing that you were before reading your post - Wow, very low numbers for the two weeks we band in Ridgway but two rarities.  On the other hand, we at Barr are having a pretty good year in terms of numbers so far, but zero rarities.  My memory is that Chico has not seen many rarities either.  I have been attributing that to the lack of any major weather disruptions, but of course have no idea whether that is accurate. (And then I have no explanation for how a HOWA and PABU made it to Ridgway.....)  So, I guess I don't think rarities as a group can be measured in terms of 1 per anything - some periods we will have many and others none.

Meredith McBurney

Barr Lake  

On Sunday, September 20, 2015 at 9:11:09 PM UTC-6, Nick Komar wrote:

Interesting that among only 64 captures, two were rare (Painted Bunting and Hooded Warbler). I usually think of a rare occurrence being closer to 1 per thousand. But maybe 1 per hundred is closer. "Rare" is a subjective term. Finding rare birds is one of my favorite aspects of birding. But what is truly rare? I'd be curious to know what other birders in Colorado consider the definition of rare from a birding perspective. Reply to list, or privately to me. I'll tally the responses and summarize them (anonymously) on Cobirds. 

Nick Komar

Fort Collins

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On Sep 20, 2015, at 7:39 PM, Amanda Ziegelbauer <atzieg...@gmail.com> wrote:

We had a great last week in Ridgway! Thursday morning brought us a beautiful after hatch-year male Virginia's Warbler. We also had a surprise bird that was caught early Friday morning - a hatch-year Painted Bunting! Pictures are available.

End of season tally:

Willow Flycatcher - 2

Black-capped Chickadee - 3

House Wren - 4

Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1

Gray Catbird - 4

Orange-crowned Warbler - 2

Virginia's Warbler - 1

Yellow Warbler - 3

Macgillivray's Warbler - 4

Wilson's Warbler 20

Hooded Warbler - 1

Song Sparrow - 11

Lincoln's Sparrow - 4

Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow - 1

Mountain White-crowned Sparrow - 1

Black-headed Grosbeak - 1

Painted Bunting - 1

Thank you to all our amazing volunteers and visitors! We had a beautiful season.

Amanda Ziegelbauer

Bander

Ridgway State Park Banding Station

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

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