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  Saturday Bird Walk − Bird Count − July 30, 2016    
Sunny and warm. 80°F. 3-8 mph. 10 participants.

Widow Skimmer ©Steve Frye
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Our shade-seeking desires brought us to Old St. Vrain Road this morning. It was a great choice because all the fruiting bushes and trees are loaded along the road. We also ran into a group of young birders from the American Birding Association. It was great to see young people who are so interested in birds.

                                    
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Bird of the Day
Western Tanager - Piranga ludoviciana
 

Western Tanager ©Steve Frye
   
Many of the birds we saw this morning were attracted to fruit. We also saw several piles of bear scat showing that the bears are also attracted to the same fruits. There is something irresistible about western tanagers - so colorful. A bit of the tropics that we get to see for a few months of the summer. Go to foothills locations (with fruit trees) and riparian corridors at this time of year to see western tanagers, our Bird of the Day.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds:
 
Birdfellow:  Western Tanager
 
Youtube Video by Mingus O'Bannon:  Western Tanager and Black Headed Grosbeak with good audio

Flickriver:  Western Tanager

Video from this morning by Jane Baryames: Two hummingbirds mobbing a red-tailed hawk
Bird Count: Saturday, July 30, 2016
  
American Goldfinch
© Jane Baryames

Old Saint Vrain Road, Boulder, CO-US

Jul 23, 2016   8:00 AM - 10:40 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
38 species

Turkey Vulture 3
Red-tailed Hawk 3, one being mobbed by two hummingbirds. See video
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
Eurasian Collared-Dove 6
Cordilleran Flycatcher  ©Neal Zaun

Mourning Dove 2
White-throated Swift 6, Saw one adult feeding one "nestling" in a crack on the cliff face.
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 8
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 4
American Kestrel 1
Western Wood-Pewee 4
Cordilleran Flycatcher 4
Plumbeous Vireo 1
Warbling Vireo 1
Red-Tailed Hawk  ©Steve Frye

Blue Jay 3
Western Scrub-Jay 4
Violet-green Swallow 8
Barn Swallow 4
Cliff Swallow 20
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Canyon Wren 2
House Wren 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
American Robin 14
Gray Catbird 3
Cedar Waxwing 10
Yellow Warbler 3
Gray Catbird  ©Neal Zaun

Yellow-breasted Chat 4
Song Sparrow 2
Spotted Towhee 3
Western Tanager 5, see Bird of the Day
Black-headed Grosbeak 3
Lazuli Bunting 4
Bullock's Oriole 1
House Finch 8
Lesser Goldfinch 12
American Goldfinch 8
House Sparrow 2  
Western Wood-Pewee  ©Neal Zaun







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Total species seen: 38
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American Robin ©Steve Frye


 
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