I re-opened my Clear Spring Ranch banding site for the last two weeks of October, after a birding trip to Australia for a month (lotsa Fairy Wrens, honeyeaters, and parrots!).
Mostly, migrants are gone, but there have been a few stragglers going through - a single late Gray Catbird, a single Swainson's Thrush, a single Orange-crowned Warbler, a few Ruby-crowned Kinglets and Lincoln's Sparrows, two Marsh Wrens, and today an adult male Pacific Wren was banded.
(Separation from Winter Wren by overall rufousness, buffy throat and breast, and shorter exposed culmen (9.8mm) than WIWR. Male by wing length, Age by shape of primaries and rectrices, and spotting on greater coverts.) photos available -just not downloaded yet.
Song Sparrows are still moving, many White-crowned Sparrows willl be spending the winter, and few banded Chipping Sparrows still linger. Other than that, it is pretty quiet!
Weather looks okay for the weekend, so I will probably remain open until the 31st or so.
Good birding,
Steve Brown
Colo Spgs
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