We will begin our 27th year banding birds at the Y on Memorial Day 2025.
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 2024
Hummingbirds
BROADTAILED - 3442
RUFOUS - 604
CALLIOPE - 56
BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD - 1
Chickadees etc.
MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE - 558
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE - 50
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH - 209
PYGMY NUTHATCH - 806
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH - 24
BROWN CREEPER - 8
Vireos
WARBLING - 34
CASSIN'S - 3
PLUMBIOUS - 3
Kinglets
RUBY-CROWNED - 221
GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET - 1
BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER - 1
Jays
STELLER’S - 202
SCRUB - 1
CLARK’S NUTCRACKER - 4
BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE - 46
AMERICAN CROW - 1
Blackbirds
COWBIRD - 39
COMMON GRACKLE - 30
BULLOCK’S ORIOLE - 1
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD - 114
Swallows
VIOLET-GREEN - 19
CLIFF - 4
TREE -3
Woodpeckers
HAIRY - 124
WILLIAMSON’S - 3
RED-NAPED - 18
DOWNY - 34
RED-SHAFTED FLICKER - 10
Wrens
HOUSE - 319
Warblers
VIRGINIA’S WARBLER- 17
YELLOW WARBLER- 45
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER- 105
MACGILLIVARY’S WARBLER- 61
WILSON’S WARBLER- 747
ORANGE-CROWNED - 50
NASHVILLE - 13
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH - 8
TENNESSEE WARBLER - 1
TOWNSEND’S WARBLER- 4
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER - 2
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT - 4
AMERICAN REDSTART - 2
PALM WARBLER - 1
Tanagers
WESTERN - 31
Grouse
DUSKY - 1
Waterfowl
MALLARD - 1
Doves/Pigeons
MOURNING DOVE - 4
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 - 70
WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE - 17
WILLOW - 7
LEAST FLYCATCHER - 2
Thrushes etc.
AMERICAN ROBIN - 31
MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD - 8
SWAINSON’S THRUSH -3
GRAY CATBIRD - 5
BROWN THRASHER - 1
HERMIT THRUSH - 1
Sparrows
LAZULI BUNTING - 11
GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE - 440
SPOTTED TOWHEE - 3
CHIPPING SPARROW - 216
SONG SPARROW - 34
LINCOLN’S SPARROW - 406
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW - 473
TREE SPARROW - 13
GRAY-HEADED JUNCO - 738
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 - 5
VESPERS SPARROW - 2
Finches
CASSIN’S FINCH - 761
HOUSE FINCH - 530
PINE SISKIN - 1888
LESSER GOLDFINCH - 19
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH - 51
EVENING GROSBEAK - 47
BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK - 186
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK - 13
PINE GROSBEAK - 1
HOUSE SPARROW - 9
RED CROSSBILL - 105
Total Birds Banded - 15,263
Total Number Species - 99
“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.”