We have finished our 26th season of the Bird Banding Program at the YMCA. See you in 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.”