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

We've banded 118 birds in 9 days of banding since opening the station on April 22.  Numbers of captures are typically low in April and this season is certainly typical thus far, with a high of 30 individuals banded on 4/26 (current season high) and low of 3 on 4/27 and 4/28.  

Also typical here in spring is catching the first Swainson's Thrush on the 1st of May, and this year is no exception.  May 2nd brought the first Western Tanager, MacGillivray's Warbler, and Veery into the nets.

Species list as of Wednesday, May 3rd:

Blue Jay

Red-breasted Nuthatch

House Wren

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Townsend's Solitaire

American Robin

Veery

Swainson's Thrush

Hermit Thrush

Brown Thrasher

Orange-crowned Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler - Audubon's and Myrtle

MacGillivray's Warbler

Western Tanager

Spotted Towhee

White-crowned Sparrow - Gambel's

Lincoln's Sparrow

House Finch

Nancy Gobris

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies