[cobirds] Bird Conservancy of the Rockies - Barr Banding Report, 8/22/21

A busy opening day with an unusual mix of birds.  80 birds, 14 species.  Not many migrants, but a wide assortment of species including some fairly common but not usually captured:

Mourning Dove 1 

Western Wood-pewee 4

Willow Flycatcher 1

Western Kingbird 1 (common summer resident, but most have left before banding starts, we had 1 in 2019 and no others in the past 15 years)

Black-billed Magpie 1 (2 in past 15 years)

Black-capped Chickadee 4

House Wren 25 (24 of which were hatch year birds)

Yellow Warbler 22 new, 1 banded in 2020, 1 in 2019

MacGillivray's Warbler 1

Wilson's Warbler 2

Chipping Sparrow 4

Song Sparrow 6

Black-headed Grosbeak 2 

Blue Grosbeak 4 (1 adult male, 1 older hatch year, and 2 just out of the nest)

We will be open 6 days a week, weather permitting through October 23.  Closed Mondays.  Click here to register to visit - we are offering one-hour slots (up to 12 visitors at a time); 7:30-8:30 most weekdays, and 8-9, 9-10, and 10-11 on weekends.  We look forward to seeing many of you during the season!

Meredith McBurney

Bander, Barr Lake Station

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

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