The 25th season of the Bird Banding Program at the YMCA is finished for the year.
See you in May 2004
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 2023
Hummingbirds
BROADTAILED - 3383
RUFOUS - 601
CALLIOPE - 55
BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD - 1
Chickadees etc.
MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE - 548
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE - 50
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH - 202
PYGMY NUTHATCH - 750
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH - 22
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 - 197
SCRUB - 1
CLARK’S NUTCRACKER - 4
BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE - 46
AMERICAN CROW - 1
Blackbirds
COWBIRD - 37
COMMON GRACKLE - 30
BULLOCK’S ORIOLE - 1
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD - 111
Swallows
VIOLET-GREEN - 19
CLIFF - 4
TREE -3
Woodpeckers
HAIRY - 114
WILLIAMSON’S - 3
RED-NAPED - 18
DOWNY - 33
RED-SHAFTED FLICKER - 9
Wrens
HOUSE - 314
Warblers
VIRGINIA’S - 17
YELLOW - 44
YELLOW-RUMPED - 102
MACGILLIVARY’S - 58
WILSON’S - 742
ORANGE-CROWNED - 50
NASHVILLE - 13
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH - 8
TENNESSEE WARBLER - 1
TOWNSEND’S - 4
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER - 2
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT - 4
AMERICAN REDSTART - 2
Tanagers
WESTERN - 27
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
CORDILLERAN’S - 70
WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE - 15
WILLOW - 7
LEAST FLYCATCHER - 2
Thrushes etc.
AMERICAN ROBIN - 30
MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD - 8
SWAINSON’S THRUSH -3
GRAY CATBIRD - 5
BROWN THRASHER - 1
HERMIT THRUSH - 1
Sparrows
LAZULI BUNTING - 10
GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE - 409
SPOTTED TOWHEE - 3
CHIPPING SPARROW - 203
SONG SPARROW - 34
LINCOLN’S SPARROW - 400
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW - 460
TREE SPARROW - 13
GRAY-HEADED JUNCO - 695
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 - 747
HOUSE FINCH - 527
PINE SISKIN - 1860
LESSER GOLDFINCH - 17
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH - 51
EVENING GROSBEAK - 47
BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK - 179
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK - 13
PINE GROSBEAK - 1
HOUSE SPARROW - 9
RED CROSSBILL - 104
Total Birds Banded - 15,280
Total Number Species - 97
“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.”