[cobirds] RMBO CBR Banding Friday

Hi COBirders,

Chico Basin Ranch Banding Report for Friday 5/4/2012

Yesterday we had a big arrival. Today was the big exit. A few warblers caught, a few sparrows, and it was pretty dead after 9am, with a hot-dry wind building. Temperature at noon was 86o. On the bright side, the male Black-and-White Warbler was heard several times, and later re-caught; it had gained 10% in body mass overnight. The Worm-eating Warbler was re-caught AGAIN in the same wetter area, and it is finally putting on some weight as well. The male Golden-winged Warbler was seen and heard by many and performed for school groups at the banding station, as late as noon.

Also seen and heard at the banding station/Holmes Grove (El Paso Co), Tennessee Warbler, singing, N Parula, Orange-crowned Warbler.

Gene Rutherford reported few birds at the HQ (Pueblo Co), but he did have a Palm Warbler at Rose Pond. Also reportedly it was dead at the Casita (El Paso Co).

New birds banded today - 13
Hermit Thrush 1
Brown Thrasher 2
Orange-crowned Warbler 1 (ASY, After Second Year, f)
Yellow Warbler 1 (ASY m)
Audubon's Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 (ASY m)
Wilson's Warbler 1 (ASY f)
Green-tailed Towhee 1 (ASY)
Gambel's White-crowned Sparrow -5

and recaptures on the Worm-eating Warbler, Black-and-White Warbler, and a House Wren banded in 2010.
The Ladder-backed Woodpeckers are in and out of a cavity in a cottonwood right at the banding station, also.

Steve Brown
Colorado Springs

for Nancy Gobris, RMBO

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