Our 28th year banding birds at the YMCA of the Rockies has ended for 2026.

See you in 2029!

On 28 September 2025, the volunteers for CARRI banded their 15,834 th bird at the YMCA of the Rockies.  

YMCA Bird Banding Data

THE FOLLOWING BANDING TOTALS ARE FROM 1998 TO 2025

Hummingbirds

BROADTAILED - 3815

RUFOUS - 655

CALLIOPE - 59

BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD - 1

RIVOLI’S HUMMINGBIRD - 1

Chickadees etc.

MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE - 579

BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE - 52

WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH - 227

PYGMY NUTHATCH - 869

RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH - 24

BROWN CREEPER - 8

Vireos

WARBLING - 36

CASSIN'S - 4

PLUMBIOUS - 4

Kinglets

RUBY-CROWNED - 222

GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET - 1

BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER - 1

Jays

STELLER’S - 209

SCRUB - 1

CLARK’S NUTCRACKER - 4

BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE - 47

AMERICAN CROW - 1

Blackbirds

COWBIRD - 53

COMMON GRACKLE - 31

BULLOCK’S ORIOLE - 1

RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD - 144

Swallows

VIOLET-GREEN - 19

CLIFF - 4

TREE -3

Woodpeckers

HAIRY - 140

WILLIAMSON’S - 3

RED-NAPED - 18

DOWNY - 39

RED-SHAFTED FLICKER - 13

Wrens

HOUSE - 339

Warblers

VIRGINIA’S WARBLER- 21

YELLOW WARBLER- 52

YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER- 110

MACGILLIVARY’S WARBLER- 62

WILSON’S WARBLER- 786

ORANGE-CROWNED - 54

NASHVILLE - 14

NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH - 8

TENNESSEE WARBLER - 1

TOWNSEND’S WARBLER- 7

CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER - 2

COMMON YELLOWTHROAT - 4

AMERICAN REDSTART - 2

PALM WARBLER - 1

Tanagers

WESTERN - 56

Grouse/Turkey

DUSKY - 1

WILD TURKEY - 1

Waterfowl

MALLARD - 1

Doves/Pigeons

MOURNING DOVE - 7

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 - 12

WESTERN - 80

WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE - 17

WILLOW - 7

LEAST FLYCATCHER - 2

Thrushes etc.

AMERICAN ROBIN - 38

MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD - 8

SWAINSON’S THRUSH -3

GRAY CATBIRD - 5

BROWN THRASHER - 1

HERMIT THRUSH - 1

Sparrows

LAZULI BUNTING - 16

GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE - 470

SPOTTED TOWHEE - 3

CHIPPING SPARROW - 223

SONG SPARROW - 35

LINCOLN’S SPARROW - 413

WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW - 506

TREE SPARROW - 13

GRAY-HEADED JUNCO - 796

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 - 7

VESPERS SPARROW - 2

Finches

CASSIN’S FINCH - 828

HOUSE FINCH - 563

PINE SISKIN - 1940

LESSER GOLDFINCH - 19

AMERICAN GOLDFINCH - 55

EVENING GROSBEAK - 50

BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK - 200

ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK - 13

PINE GROSBEAK - 1

HOUSE SPARROW - 9

RED CROSSBILL - 105

Total Birds Banded - 16,408

Total Number Species - 100