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  Saturday Bird Walk - Bird Count - May 7, 2016    
Cloudy and breezy. 45°F. 3-12 mph. 16 participants.

Many first-of-the-year birds were out this morning. Fresh from their travels, they were out establishing territory and feeding despite the chilly conditions. The next couple of weeks are some of the most exciting bird watching of the year!

Volunteers Needed! 
The Wild Bird Company is helping sponsor Environment for the Americas celebration of International Migratory Bird Day on May 21 st with an event called Walk in the Wild. We need volunteers to help with some educational booths from 9:00am to 12:30pm. The booths will be about the feather trade and a migration game. No need for extensive knowledge on these subjects, just a willing attitude. Please consider helping out. Call 303-499-1950 for more information.

                                   
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 Bird of the Day
Western Kingbird - 
Tyrannus verticalis

 
   
This was my first kingbird of the year. It put on a good show, moving from one mullein stalk to
Western Kingbird ©Kevin Rutherford
another. If only the photographic conditions were a little better, but it was still fun to see. Listen for their energetic "rubber toy" squeaks this summer in the foothills and on the plains. Watch them a while and you will know why they are a member of the tyrant flycatchers.

Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds:
 
Birdfellow:  Western Kingbird

Flickriver:   Western Kingbird
Bird Count:  Saturday, May 7, 2016
  
Doudy Draw, Boulder, Colorado, US
May 7, 2016 7:45 AM - 9:00 AM
Least Flycatcher  ©Neal Zaun
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
33 species

Canada Goose 3
Mallard 6
Turkey Vulture 4
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Northern Flicker 3
American Kestrel 1
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1
     Empidinax species 1
Eared Grebe  ©Kevin Rutherford
Say's Phoebe 2
Western Kingbird 1, see Bird of the Day
Western Scrub-Jay 1
Black-billed Magpie 3
Common Raven 1
House Wren 1
Townsend's Solitaire 1
American Robin 2
European Starling 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 12
Yellow-breasted Chat 2
Vesper Sparrow 3
Green-tailed Towhee 1
Spotted Towhee 4
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Spotted Towhee  ©Neal Zaun

Western Meadowlark 3
Brewer's Blackbird 8
Common Grackle 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Bullock's Oriole 3
House Finch 4
Pine Siskin 8
Lesser Goldfinch 4
American Goldfinch 2
 
 
South Mesa Trail, Boulder, Colorado, US
May 7, 2016 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Bullock's Oriole ©Frank Seuberling

Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
20 species (+1 other taxa)

Mallard 6
Common Merganser 1
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 1
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay 2
Black-billed Magpie 1
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 1
American Robin 2
Yellow-Breasted Chat  ©Neal Zaun

Yellow Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4
     Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 3
Song Sparrow 1
Green-tailed Towhee 1
Spotted Towhee 2
Western Meadowlark 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 12
House Finch 4
Pine Siskin 2
 
 
Baseline Reservoir, Boulder, Colorado, US
May 7, 2016 10:00 AM - 10:25 AM
Protocol: Stationary
7 species
Western Meadowlark  ©Neal Zaun


Mallard 2
Eared Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Black-billed Magpie 1
Violet-green Swallow 600
Barn Swallow 100

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Total species seen: 46     
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Doudy Draw  ©Eileen Rutherford

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           From 7:30 am (promptly) to 10 am  
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--Thanks, Steve 
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