Banding at Clear Spring Ranch today was slow and steady, until it got hot and birds started working their way into the shade. In that time, there appeared a good variety of songbirds in the willows and cottonwoods. One was up high, in the shade of the canopy, but with the distinctive "handkerchief" on the wing of a female Black-throated Blue Warbler, that I was able to watch for several minutes as it was foraging. 41 birds today.
Other banded highlights:
FOS "Trail's Flycatcher" (but wing measures were consistent for ID of Alder FL
FOS Plumbeous Vireo, adult
4 Gray Catbirds
3 Yellow-breasted Chats (several pairs chasing into the nets the last couple days)
6 Lincoln's Sparrows
No. Waterthrush
MacGillivray's Warbler (SYF)
7 Yellow Warblers, all SY, except one recapture from 2020
Orchard Oriole AdM (#2 this week)
We could use some rain.
Happy Migration,
Steve Brown
Colo Spgs
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