Still a modest number of birds but a more interesting morning! Started the day with a GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER! A big and beautiful and feisty bird. The second for the station - the first was caught in 2013 the day after the big storm. We also had our first White-crowned Sparrows; I thought this was early, but just checked and our first last year was on 9/1. In the breakdown for the day, you will note fewer warbler species and more seed-eaters:
-- Downy Woodpecker 1
Hammond's Flycatcher 1 (FOS)
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
House Wren 1
Wilson's Warbler 18
Clay-colored Sparrow 2
Brewer's Sparrow 1
White-crowned Sparrow, Gambel's 3 (FOS)
Lazuli Bunting 1
We are open 6 days each week, weather permitting, through October 16. We are closed every Monday in September, then October 4 and 12. We are opening nets at about 6:30 a.m. and we start closing between 11 a.m. and 12 noon. We will open later and/or close earlier if it is very hot, very cold, wet, windy, etc. There are school groups most weekday mornings, usually arriving around 9:30. Best times to visit, if you like lots of birds and fewer humans, are early mornings during the week and Sundays.
Come visit!
Meredith McBurney
Bander/Biologist
Barr Lake Banding Station
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies
Come visit!
Meredith McBurney
Bander/Biologist
Barr Lake Banding Station
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies
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