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  Saturday Bird Walk − Bird Count − June 18, 2016    
Sunny and warm. 80°F. 2-12 mph. 14 participants.
 
The predicted hot weather drove us to the hills this morning. We started with a cool breeze, but
Common Ringlet Butterfly
©Eileen Rutherford
after that subsided, we began to bake. Betasso was very active (in terms of individuals). The flowers are really coming on in the foothills and mountains.


                                  
      View Photo Gallery                   View Slide Show
Bird of the Day
Red Crossbill − 
Loxia curvirostra

 
 
It was real toss-up between western bluebird and red crossbill for the Bird of the Day Honors.
Red Crossbill ©Eileen Rutherford

That strange crossed bill has a certain attraction for me so it won. Their crazy crossed bill, which you can see quite clearly in many of the slide show images, is used to give the birds enough leverage to pry apart pine cone scales exposing the pine nut they are guarding. Then the crossbill uses its spoon-shaped tongue to scoop up the nut.

Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds:
 
Birdfellow:  Red Crossbill

Youtube Video by 
Bruce Yolton
:
 
Bird Count:  Saturday, June 18, 2016
  
White-Breasted Nuthatch 
©Kevin Rutherford




Betasso Preserve, Boulder, Colorado, US

Jun 18, 2016 7:50 AM - 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
26 species

Mourning Dove 2
Common Nighthawk 1
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 4
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 2
Western Wood-Pewee 3
Plumbeous Vireo 2
Steller's Jay 2
Black-billed Magpie 1
Steller's Jay  ©Neal Zaun

Clark's Nutcracker 1
American Crow 3
Common Raven 2, foraging on the ground
Violet-green Swallow 16
Mountain Chickadee 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Pygmy Nuthatch 12
House Wren 4
Western Bluebird 8
American Robin 2
Chipping Sparrow 20
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Western Bluebird  ©Kevin Rutherford

Western Tanager 6
House Finch 2
Red Crossbill 12, see Bird of the Day
Pine Siskin 3
Lesser Goldfinch 4









Western Tanager  ©Steve Frye












Dark-Eyed Junco  ©Neal Zaun

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Total species seen: 26   
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Chipping Sparrow  ©Steve Frye

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