[cobirds] RMBO Chatfield Banding Station Report, 5/25-27/12

Three more banding days with lower than normal activity.  However, just checked totals on Yellow Warblers (our most commonly caught species, and a summer resident at the station) compared to last year, and for this species we are ahead.  They are also breeding earlier – have had a couple of females with brood patches, which I can’t remember seeing during spring migration in past years. Will check our other resident species in the coming days.  Here is the rundown for Friday through Sunday:

 

Friday, 5/25:

Western Wood-pewee 3 (FOS)

Least Flycatcher                1

Warbling Vireo  1

House Wren       1

Swainson’s Thrush          1

Gray Catbird       2

Yellow Warbler 7 new, 1 return

Yellow-breasted Chat    1 return

Spotted Towhee              1

Lincoln’s Sparrow             1

Brown-headed Cowbird               1

 

Saturday, 5/26:

Least Flycatcher                1

House Wren       1

Yellow Warbler 6 new, 2 returns

Common Yellowthroat  1

Red-winged Blackbird    1

(Plus a whole bunch of birds that were caught before this season)

 

Sunday, 5/27:

Least Flycatcher                1

Gray Catbird       1

Yellow Warbler 7 new, 2 returns

Yellow-breasted Chat    1

Song Sparrow    1

Red-winged Blackbird    2

House Finch       1

Lesser Goldfinch              1 (FOS)

American Goldfinch        1

 

This is our last week – we will be open daily, weather permitting, through next Sunday, June 3.   

 

Meredith McBurney

Bander, Chatfield Station

Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory