[cobirds] Bird Conservancy Banding Report - Barr Lake Station, 9/3/17

We banded 31 birds yesterday, including our first Gray Catbird of the season and 2 Vesper Sparrows. The VESPs were interesting for us because we catch them so rarely - only one other (in 2015) since 2005.  These 2 were in the same run but at different ends of the banding station - one out in the smartweed near the lake and the other up by the road.  Both hatch year birds.  Here's the breakdown for the day:

Red-breasted Nuthatch 1

House Wren 4

Gray Catbird 1

Orange-crowned Warbler 2

Yellow Warbler 9

Wilson's Warbler 11

Chipping Sparrow 1

Vesper Sparrow 2

I think Sunday was the hottest and most humid day yet; happy to be off today and looking forward to the cooling off that is predicted for tomorrow!  

Come visit! We are open 6 days per week (CLOSED Mondays), weather permitting, through October 15. We are opening nets at 6:30 and should have birds back at the station before 7:30. We will close most days by about 11:30, earlier now when it is so hot. School groups arrive most weekdays at about 9:30.

Meredith McBurney
Bander
Barr Lake Station
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

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