We have ended our 27th year banding birds at the YMCA of the Rockies.
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On 24 September 2022, the volunteers for CARRI banded their 14,927th bird at the YMCA of the Rockies.
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 2025
Hummingbirds
BROADTAILED - 3643
RUFOUS - 641
CALLIOPE - 58
BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD - 1
RIVOLI’S HUMMINGBIRD - 1
Chickadees etc.
MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE - 565
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE - 50
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH - 216
PYGMY NUTHATCH - 830
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH - 24
BROWN CREEPER - 8
Vireos
WARBLING - 36
CASSIN'S - 4
PLUMBIOUS - 3
Kinglets
RUBY-CROWNED - 222
GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET - 1
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER - 1
Jays
STELLER’S - 206
SCRUB - 1
CLARK’S NUTCRACKER - 4
BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE - 46
AMERICAN CROW - 1
Blackbirds
COWBIRD - 49
COMMON GRACKLE - 30
BULLOCK’S ORIOLE - 1
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD - 122
Swallows
VIOLET-GREEN - 19
CLIFF - 4
TREE -3
Woodpeckers
HAIRY - 133
WILLIAMSON’S - 3
RED-NAPED - 18
DOWNY - 38
RED-SHAFTED FLICKER - 12
Wrens
HOUSE - 329
Warblers
VIRGINIA’S WARBLER- 18
YELLOW WARBLER- 48
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER- 107
MACGILLIVARY’S WARBLER- 62
WILSON’S WARBLER- 759
ORANGE-CROWNED - 50
NASHVILLE - 13
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH - 8
TENNESSEE WARBLER - 1
TOWNSEND’S WARBLER- 5
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER - 2
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT - 4
AMERICAN REDSTART - 2
PALM WARBLER - 1
Tanagers
WESTERN - 35
Grouse/Turkey
DUSKY - 1
WILD TURKEY - 1
Waterfowl
MALLARD - 1
Doves/Pigeons
MOURNING DOVE - 6
BAND-TAILED PIGEON - 3
WHITE-WINGED DOVE - 1
Owls
NORTHERN PYGMY - 3
GREAT HORNED - 3
Hawks
NORTHERN GOSHAWK - 1
SHARP-SHINNED - 2
COOPER’S - 4
Flycatchers
HAMMOND’S - 10
DUSKY - 10
WESTERN - 76
WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE - 17
WILLOW - 7
LEAST FLYCATCHER - 2
Thrushes etc.
AMERICAN ROBIN - 34
MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD - 8
SWAINSON’S THRUSH -3
GRAY CATBIRD - 5
BROWN THRASHER - 1
HERMIT THRUSH - 1
Sparrows
LAZULI BUNTING - 11
GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE - 457
SPOTTED TOWHEE - 3
CHIPPING SPARROW - 220
SONG SPARROW - 34
LINCOLN’S SPARROW - 409
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW - 483
TREE SPARROW - 13
GRAY-HEADED JUNCO - 763
WHITE-WINGED JUNCO - 33
OREGON JUNCO - 396
SLATE JUNCO - 70
FOX SPARROW - 3
BREWER’S SPARROW - 2
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW - 1
SAVANNAH SPARROW - 2
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW - 7
HARRIS’S SPARROW - 2
LARK SPARROW - 6
VESPERS SPARROW - 2
Finches
CASSIN’S FINCH - 796
HOUSE FINCH - 547
PINE SISKIN - 1917
LESSER GOLDFINCH - 19
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH - 51
EVENING GROSBEAK - 47
BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK - 192
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK - 13
PINE GROSBEAK - 1
HOUSE SPARROW - 9
RED CROSSBILL - 105
Total Birds Banded - 15,785
Total Number Species - 100
“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.”