Re: [cobirds] Basin Ranch Banding Station

Note that this post was sent to the list Aug 25, not today Aug 28.  

David Sudjian

list moderator

On Fri, Aug 28, 2026 at 7:57 AM Robert Yow <robertyow052@gmail.com> wrote:

The first full day of banding and guess what?! The Wilson's Warbler are migrating through! Fourteen bird species and eight new species of the season (Dusky and Hammond's Flycatcher, American Redstart, Yellow-breasted Chat, American Goldfinch, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Gray Catbird, and Northern Mockingbird). The hummingbirds were thick at the station more numerous than yesterday. Several adult male Black-chinned Hummingbirds were guarding their food source.

63 New Banded Birds

Wilson's Warbler- 29

N. Yellow Warbler- 7

Orange-crowned Warbler- 4

MacGillivray's Warbler- 2

American Redstart- 1

Dusky Flycatcher- 3

Hammond's Flycatcher- 1

Western Wood-pewee- 3

Northern House Wren- 7

American Goldfinch- 1

Red-breasted Nuthatch- 2

Yellow-breasted Chat- 1

Northern Mockingbird- 1

Gray Catbird- 1

1 Recapture banded yesterday

Wilson's Warbler - gained .2 g since yesterday

The banding station will be open tomorrow @ sunrise until 11:30 AM through Saturday this week. If interested in visiting the ranch, please register on the Aiken Audubon website aikenaudubon

Have a good day,

Julie Shieldcastle, Bander

Chico Basin Ranch

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

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