We have begun our 19th season of the Bird Banding Program at the YMCA of the Rockies.
Come join us for the excitement.
The banding station will be in operation every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from now until mid October
Each day of banding will run from 4:00 p.m. till 5:30 p.m.
On 18 August 2014, the volunteers for CARRI banded their 10,000th bird at the YMCA of the Rockies. The 10,000th bird was a juvenile Gray-headed Junco.
Showing some young birders a hummingbird up close.
Gray Catbird
Scott teaches kids at the Estes Park YMCA the biology of a hummingbird before banding it
Red-napped Sapsucker
A Broad-tailed Hummingbird prior to its release.
Northern Waterthrush
YMCA Bird Banding Data
THE FOLLOWING BANDING TOTALS ARE FROM 1998 TO 2017
Hummingbirds
BROADTAILED - 2340
RUFOUS - 446
CALLIOPE - 47
BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD - 1
Chickadees etc.
MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE - 476
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE - 45
WHITE-BRESTED NUTHATCH - 153
PYGMY NUTHATCH - 593
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH - 12
BROWN CREEPER - 5
Vireos
WARBLING - 28
CASSIN'S - 3
PLUMBIOUS - 3
Kinglets
RUBY-CROWNED - 195
GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET - 1
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER - 1
Jays
STELLER’S - 174
SCRUB - 1
CLARK’S NUTCRACKER - 4
BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE - 39
AMERICAN CROW - 1
Blackbirds
COWBIRD - 27
COMMON GRACKLE - 30
BULLOCK’S ORIOLE - 1
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD - 109
Swallows
VIOLET-GREEN - 15
CLIFF - 4
Woodpeckers
HAIRY - 93
WILLIAMSON’S - 2
RED-NAPED - 17
DOWNY - 27
RED-SHAFTED FLICKER - 6
Wrens
HOUSE - 1280
Warblers
VIRGINIA’S - 14
YELLOW - 31
YELLOW-RUMPED - 81
MACGILLIVARY’S - 47
WILSON’S - 522
ORANGE-CROWNED - 37
NASHVILLE - 13
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH - 8
TENNESSEE WARBLER - 1
TOWNSEND’S - 3
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT - 2
Tanangers
WESTERN - 9
Grouse
DUSKY - 1
Doves/Pigeons
MOURNING DOVE - 4
BAND-TAILED PIGEON - 3
Owls
NORTHERN PYGMY - 3
GREAT HORNED - 3
Hawks
NORTHERN GOSHAWK - 1
SHARP-SHINNED - 1
COOPER’S - 4
Flycatchers
HAMMOND’S - 10
DUSKY - 9
CORDILLERAN’S - 49
WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE - 15
WILLOW - 7
LEAST FLYCATCHER - 2
Thrushes etc.
AMERICAN ROBIN - 22
MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD - 8
SWAINSON’S THRUSH - 1
GRAY CATBIRD - 5
BROWN THRASHER - 1
Sparrows
LAZULI BUNTING - 6
GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE - 302
SPOTTED TOWHEE - 2
CHIPPING SPARROW - 163
SONG SPARROW - 280
LINCOLN’S SPARROW - 318
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW - 431
TREE SPARROW - 13
GRAY-HEADED JUNCO - 572
WHITE-WINGED JUNCO - 33
OREGON JUNCO - 398
SLATE JUNCO - 66
FOX SPARROW - 1
BREWER’S SPARROW - 2
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW - 1
SAVANNAH SPARROW - 2
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW - 7
HARRIS’S SPARROW - 2
LARK SPARROW - 4
VESPERS SPARROW - 2
Finches
CASSIN’S FINCH - 657
HOUSE FINCH - 408
PINE SISKIN - 1677
LESSER GOLDFINCH - 5
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH - 47
EVENING GROSBEAK - 43
BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK - 158
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK - 9
PINE GROSBEAK - 1
HOUSE SPARROW - 9
RED CROSSBILL - 82
Total Birds Banded - 12,870
Total Number Species - 92
“It seems to me that I am enjoying the fascinating events in nature, while others struggle with politics and opinions. I think I want to stick to learning from nature. And I am wishing for all of us to have close ties with our families. For me it is the most important part of our life.”