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Saturday Bird Walk & Bird Count − February 17, 2018
Breezy and cool. 20-40°F. 2-30 mph. 17 participants.

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We were battling the wind this morning. It let up toward the end of our walk, but we hadn't seen much so we decided to add McIntosh Lake to our trip. That was a good decision because a fish die-off was gathering all sorts of birds to the lake.
  Photographs from February 17, 2018 Wild Bird Company Saturday Morning Bird Walk
       
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Bald Eagle  ©Esther Brady
Bald Eagle ©Kevin Rutherford
                 












Bald Eagles  ©Clark Anderson
Bald Eagle ©Kevin Rutherford









                                                          


                                                   

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Bald Eagle −
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
 
    

   
 
 
 
   
  
 
   
Wherever you find fish, including dead fish, you are likely to find bald eagles. It was the dead
Bald Eagle ©Steve Frye
fish at McIntosh Lake this morning that attracted so many bald eagles. Most of the eagles we saw this morning were immatures of varying ages. It takes four years for a bald eagle to obtain its white head feathers and its head may appear a little smudged for two more years. After that time, its head will have the brilliant white head and tail feathers. There is no mistaking an adult bald eagle. Both sexes are similar and cannot be easily distinguished, however, the females are about 4% larger than males.
All About Birds, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology:  
Bald Eagle ©Neal Zaun

BirdFellow:   Bald Eagle

Audubon, Guide to North American Birds:


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Bald Eagle ©Kevin Rutherford
Bald Eagle ©Eileen Rutherford



 Bird Count: Saturday, February 17, 2018

 
Left Hand Creek at Nimbus Rd, 
Boulder, Colorado, US
Sat Feb 17, 2018 7:45 AM - 8:15 AM
House Finch ©Steve Frye
Protocol: Traveling
0.2 mile(s)
11 species (+1 other taxa)

     Cackling/Canada Goose 200
Bald Eagle 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Eurasian Collared-Dove 3
Great Horned Owl 1
Northern Flicker 1
Black-billed Magpie 1
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 2
American Robin 1
Northern Harrier with Mouse
©Kevin Rutherford

European Starling 1
House Finch 2


Pella Crossing Open Space, Boulder, Colorado, US
Feb 17, 2018 8:25 AM - 9:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
18 species

Cackling Goose 8
Canada Goose 30
American Wigeon 2
Common Goldeneye 2
Northern Harrier 1
Ring-billed Gull 8
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay 1
Herring Gull  ©Steve Frye

Black-capped Chickadee 2
European Starling 2
Dark-eyed Junco 1
White-crowned Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 1 
Western Meadowlark 8
Red-winged Blackbird 30
House Finch 14
House Sparrow 4


McIntosh Reservoir, Boulder, Colorado, US
Feb 17, 2018 8:55 AM - 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
Canada Geese ©Kevin Rutherford

0.75 mile(s)
14 species

Canada Goose 50
Mallard 2
Common Merganser 200
Bald Eagle 15, see Bird of the Day
Ring-billed Gull 80
Herring Gull 4
Iceland Gull (Thayer's) 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 4
Northern Flicker 1
American Kestrel 1
Song Sparrow  ©Esther Brady

American Crow 12
Common Raven 2
Red-winged Blackbird 20
House Finch 2
                             
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Total species seen: 32
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McIntosh Lake  ©Esther Brady







Fallopian Sculpture ©Eileen Rutherford




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