The 21th season of the Bird Banding Program at the YMCA of the Rockies is underway. We are banding at the YMCA every Monday, Wednesday and Friday starting at 4:00 in the afternoon.
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 2019
Hummingbirds
BROADTAILED - 2501
RUFOUS - 449
CALLIOPE - 47
BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD - 1
Chickadees etc.
MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE - 479
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE - 45
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH - 156
PYGMY NUTHATCH - 595
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 - 282
Warblers
VIRGINIA’S - 14
YELLOW - 32
YELLOW-RUMPED - 83
MACGILLIVARY’S - 49
WILSON’S - 542
ORANGE-CROWNED - 37
NASHVILLE - 13
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH - 8
TENNESSEE WARBLER - 1
TOWNSEND’S - 3
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT - 3
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 - 55
WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE - 15
WILLOW - 7
LEAST FLYCATCHER - 2
Thrushes etc.
AMERICAN ROBIN - 23
MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD - 8
SWAINSON’S THRUSH -2
GRAY CATBIRD - 5
BROWN THRASHER - 1
Sparrows
LAZULI BUNTING - 6
GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE - 302
SPOTTED TOWHEE - 2
CHIPPING SPARROW - 164
SONG SPARROW - 282
LINCOLN’S SPARROW - 327
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 - 5
VESPERS SPARROW - 2
Finches
CASSIN’S FINCH - 658
HOUSE FINCH - 409
PINE SISKIN - 1677
LESSER GOLDFINCH - 6
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH - 47
EVENING GROSBEAK - 43
BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK - 159
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK - 9
PINE GROSBEAK - 1
HOUSE SPARROW - 9
RED CROSSBILL - 82
Total Birds Banded - 13,104
Total Number Species - 93
“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.”