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Saturday Bird Walk & Bird Count − March 3, 2018
Sunny and calm. 40°F. 2-6 mph. 13 participants.

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Mallards ©Neal Zaun

I was fighting the flu on the walk this morning so I was not on top of my game. And my camera battery died early on in the walk. Some days are just like that, still, it was beautiful out and we did see some good things.
              Photographs from March 3, 2018 Wild Bird Company Saturday Morning Bird Walk
       
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Mallards ©Clark Anderson
Mallards ©Jane Baryames











              
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      Yellow-Rumped Warbler
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Setophaga coronate
 
 
   
   
 
 
 
  
 
   
We had four yellow-rumped warblers grace us with their presence this morning. For a second, I didn't recognize the chip notes they were giving up in the trees. It's been a while since I've heard them! While these four may have overwintered, I think that it's more likely they just returned early. Yellow-rumped warblers are always some of the first to come back because they can subsist on fruit, which other warblers are not so keen on. In fact, they are able to
           Yellow-Rumped Warbler
                 ©Jane Baryames
digest waxy fruits which are the kind that persist into late winter. Only tree swallows and yellow-rumped warblers are able to digest wax of all the North American birds. The Myrtle subspecies which we saw this morning is so named because of its fondness for waxy crape myrtle berries. Note: tree swallows are also early returners.

All About Birds, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology:  

BirdFellow:   Yellow-Rumped Warbler

Audubon, Guide to North American Birds:



Yellow-Rumped Warbler
©Jane Baryames
Yellow-Rumped Warbler
©Neal Zaun



 Bird Count: Saturday, March 3, 2018

 
Sombrero Marsh & Pond, 
Boulder, Colorado, US
Sat Mar 3, 2018 7:40 AM - 8:35 AM
House Finch ©Neal Zaun
Protocol: Traveling
0.2 mile(s)
23 species

Canada Goose 8
Wood Duck 1
Northern Shoveler 50
Gadwall 8
American Wigeon 10
Mallard 30
Northern Pintail 4
Green-winged Teal 8
Red-Winged Blackbird
©Jane Baryames

Ring-necked Duck 20
Bufflehead 4
Common Goldeneye 3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 20
Eurasian Collared-Dove 3
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay 2
Black-billed Magpie 2
Black-capped Chickadee 2
American Robin 1
European Starling 4
Song Sparrow 4
Red-winged Blackbird 40
House Finch 2
Red-Winged Blackbird  ©Steve Frye


Community Presbyterian Pond, Boulder, Colorado, US
Mar 3, 2018 8:45 AM - 9:05 AM
Protocol: Stationary
19 species

Canada Goose 10
Gadwall 2
Mallard 10
Ring-necked Duck 4
Lesser Scaup 2
Common Goldeneye 2
Bufflehead 2
Wood Duck ©Jane Baryames

Hooded Merganser 2
Common Merganser 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Eurasian Collared-Dove 1
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 4
American Robin 1
European Starling 2
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 8
House Finch 6
House Sparrow 2


Boulder Creek--75th St., Boulder, Colorado, US
 Mar 3, 2018 9:15 AM - 10:05 AM
Protocol: Traveling
Song Sparrow ©Neal Zaun

1.0 mile(s)
18 species

Mallard 16
Great Blue Heron 1
Bald Eagle 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 80
Eurasian Collared-Dove 6
Belted Kingfisher 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay 2
Common Raven 1
Black-Capped Chickadee
©Neal Zaun 

Black-capped Chickadee 4
European Starling 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 4, see Bird of the Day 
Song Sparrow 5
Red-winged Blackbird 40
House Finch 6
American Goldfinch 4



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Total species seen: 36
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©Jane Baryames











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