Date: 4/29/26 1:16 pm From: Steven Brown <sbrown37...> Subject: [cobirds] CSR Wednesday: a busier day; Golden-crowned Sparrow
Hey COBirders,
Yesterday was busy, with 34 birds banded at Clear Spring Ranch. Today was surprisingly even busier - with waves of sparrows hitting the nets at 930, but also several cool arrivals. 75 today!!!
I don’t know why - it always mystifies me when the numbers are so different between Chico Basin banding, and here, 15 miles away, especially when mine were so much higher. Go figure.
Birds today:
Black-chinned Hummingbird, M, F, not banded, FOS (FIrst of Season)
Ruby Crowned Kinglet, SYF (Second-year Female) (FOS)
2 N House Wren
Brown Thrasher
AM Robin M
27 Chipping Sparrow (I band the first 10, they were hitting the nets at the same time - like machine gun bullets!)
Clay-colored Sparrow (FOS)
24 White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel’s) (also hammering the nets at the same time (and as the CHSPs))
Mountain White-crowned Sparrow
***Golden-crowned Sparrow, Very bright head, but very frayed tail, so guessing SY (photos available) (FOS)
3 Spotted Towhee
3 Orange-crowned Warbler (2 orestera ssp, 1 celata ssp)
Com Yellowthroat M
Audubon’s Yellow-rumped Warbler (ASY M) (FOS)
Myrtle Yellow-rumped Warbler (ASY M) (FOS)
And a few Red-winged Blackbirds and Brown-headed Cowbirds that I don’t band
All but about 5 of these birds were caught up and parallel to the service road, where nets are close to brush across the road from the new fields.
Only a few down in the willows of the marsh area. This is more a “fall pattern of arrival than usual fos spring. Again, go figure.
Happy Migration (whew it was fun today)
Steve Brown
Colo Spgs
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