Friday, 23 May 2025

[cobirds] Chico Basin Ranch Bird Banding Station Report- 5/23/2025

Another beautiful day to be outside. Twenty-one bird species were captured including first of the year Warbling Vireo. Red- eyed Vireo was heard in the olive grove. Lazuli Buntings made a run for number one species banded against Swainson's Thrushes.

39 New Banded Birds
Orange-crowned Warbler-1
Yellow Warbler-2
Audubon's (Yellow-rumped) Warbler-1
MacGillivray's Warbler-3
Warbling Vireo-1
White-eyed Vireo-1
Dusky Flycatcher-2
Willow Flycatcher-2
Least Flycatcher-1
Northern House Wren-1
Lincoln's Sparrow-3
Lazuli Bunting-6
Western Tanager-2
Swainson's Thrush-8
Hermit Thrush-1
Mountain White-crowned Sparrow-1
Gray Catbird-2
Brown Thrasher-1

2 Recaptures
Common Yellowthroat
Indigo Bunting

1 Return -same bird as a captured a couple days ago
Blue Grosbeak- obviously breeding in the olive grove

The banding station will be open tomorrow at sunrise until @11 AM. Stop by and share your sightings. Please register on the Aiken Audubon Website if wanting to bird the ranch (https//:www.aikenaudubon.com).

Have a good weekend,
Tremendous gratitude to the men and women who gave their lives for the freedoms we enjoy in America. Have a good Memorial Day!

Julie Shieldcastle
Chico Basin Ranch Bird Bander
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

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