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  Saturday Bird Walk − Bird Count − May 14, 2016    
Fog, drizzle, and rain. 45°F. 2-6 mph. 11 participants.

Our slide show gives a great representation of our conditions this morning, as well as, the great variety of birds we saw. Sometimes "poor" weather is great for bird watching.

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.
                                   
View Photo Gallery                   View Slide Show
Bird of the Day
Rose-Breasted Grosbeak - Pheucticus ludovicianus


We seem to be experiencing an influx of rose-breasted grosbeaks along the Front Range this
          Rose-Breasted Grosbeak 
                ©Kevin Rutherford
spring. We were fortunate to have found one in the fog and drizzle. They are a feeder bird in the Midwest and East so if you have one visit your yard, you may be able to keep it around a little longer by feeding their favorite seed - sunflower.


Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds:
 
Birdfellow:  Rose-Breasted Grosbeak

Flickriver:  Rose-Breasted Grosbeak

Youtube Video by Lang Elliott:  Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
Bird Count:  Saturday, May 14, 2016
  
Skunk Canyon Trails, Colorado, US
May 14, 2016 7:45 AM - 9:45 AM
Great Blue Heron ©Steve Frye

Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
37 species (+2 other taxa)

Eurasian Collared-Dove 1
Mourning Dove 4
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 4
Northern Flicker 1
     Empidonax sp. (Least Flycatcher) 1
Plumbeous Vireo 1
Steller's Jay 2
Western Scrub-Jay 2
Black-billed Magpie 4
Dark-Eyed Junco  ©Neal Zaun

American Crow 4
House Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Western Bluebird 3
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 8
Gray Catbird 2
European Starling 2
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
MacGillivray's Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6
Black-Headed Grosbeak 
©Kevin Rutherford


     Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 2
Yellow-breasted Chat 2
Chipping Sparrow 20
Brewer's Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco (Gray-headed) 2
Song Sparrow 1
Green-tailed Towhee 4
Spotted Towhee 14
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1, see Bird of the Day
Black-headed Grosbeak 8
Western Meadowlark 1
Brewer's Blackbird 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Bullock's Oriole 1
House Finch 4
Pine Siskin 8
Least Flycatcher
©Kevin Rutherford

American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow 1
 


 
Sombrero Marsh & Pond, Boulder, Colorado, US
May 14, 2016 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.2 mile(s)
37 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose 8
Gadwall 6
Pied-Billed Grebe  ©Kevin Rutherford

Mallard 6
Blue-winged Teal 10
Cinnamon Teal 6
Northern Shoveler 4
Green-winged Teal 3
Redhead 6
Ring-necked Duck 2
Lesser Scaup 6
Pied-billed Grebe 3
Double-crested Cormorant 1
American White Pelican 3
Great Blue Heron 8, four eating banded tiger salamanders
American Coot 8
Ring-billed Gull 1
Spotted Towhee  ©Kevin Rutherford

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
American Kestrel 1, eating a bird
Blue Jay 1
Black-billed Magpie 1
Violet-green Swallow 6
Barn Swallow 20
Cliff Swallow 2
American Robin 2
European Starling 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Yellow Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4
     Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 4
Chipping Sparrow 2
Yellow-Rumped Warbler
©Kevin Rutherford

Brewer's Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 2
Green-tailed Towhee 1
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Yellow-headed Blackbird 10
Great-tailed Grackle 1
Bullock's Oriole 1
House Finch 2





Western Bluebird and
Yellow-Rumped Warbler
©Kevin Rutherford



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Total species seen: 62     
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Harebell ©Eileen Rutherford


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