Date: 5/15/25 10:08 am From: John Rawinski <johnrawinski0...> Subject: [cobirds] Re: Chico Basin Ranch Banding Station Report- Bird Conservancy of the Rockies-5/14/2025
I hear ya Julie. Just over the mountain to the west a paltry 900 birds
migrated over Alamosa last night. There are no flycatchers, warblers and
tanagers when I would expect them by now. Thanks for the update.
And one other....I am seeing very FEW peeps. Shorebirds, in decline, are
few and far between.
John Rawinski
Monte Vista, CO
On Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at 1:00:28 PM UTC-6 Chicobander wrote:
> Hasn't it been a beautiful day! A Bluebird day and no bluebirds or birds.
> We banded 2 nice bird species: Rose-breasted Grosbeak and an Ovenbird.
> There was not many birds around to get into the nets. I saw a Gray Catbird,
> House Finch, and the locals Northern House Wrens, Brown Thrasher, and Say's
> Phoebe.
> I checked the past week on Cornell's Birdcast website. There was literally
> no migration overnight into Colorado and not much migration anywhere within
> the U.S. in the last week. Hmmmm...
>
> In 2024, by this date we had banded 404 individuals. In 2023, we had
> banded 617 individuals. We are currently at 128 individuals banded. Now,
> you know weather and wind direction assists birds to migrate so, there is a
> real need to network with other banding research stations outside the Front
> range.
>
> Here you go folks( Quality not quantity): ( No birds is data- just not the
> data we prefer)
> *2 New Banded Birds*
> Rose-breasted Grosbeak
> Ovenbird
>
> No Recaptures
>
> The Banding station will be open tomorrow through Saturday from Sunrise
> until @11 AM.
> Please stop by and share your sightings. The Cape May Warbler was reported
> at Rose Pond this morning. That is a good bird.
> Please sign up at the Aiken Audubon website when wanting to bird Chico
> Basin Ranch (https://aikenaudubon.com)
>
> All the Best,
>
> Julie Shieldcastle
> Chico Basin Ranch Bird Bander
> Bird Conservancy of the Rockies
>
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