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Saturday Bird Walk - Bird Count - April 16, 2016
Snowing! 25°F. 2-10 mph. 3 hardy participants.
Snow storm! When I got to the store Saturday morning it hadn't started snowing, but by the time a few birders showed up, it was snowing pretty hard. It was just the start of what turned out to be a very significant snow event for many customers. Some got more than four feet (of wet snow) when it was all done!
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Bird of the Day
Common Raven
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Corvus corax
When we first showed up at the common raven nest site, one of the adults was under the
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Common Raven Feeding Young ©Steve Frye |
bridge. Soon it was joined by its mate, all dry and comfy under the bridge while it was snowing on their nestlings. I thought that was odd behavior given the weather conditions. I would have expected one of the adults to be brooding the young and sheltering them from the conditions. Perhaps the young are too old (and large) for brooding to be helpful? Anyway, I hope they fared well.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds:
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Bird Count: Saturday, April 16, 2016
Sombrero Marsh & Pond, Boulder, Colorado, US
Apr 16, 2016 7:45 AM - 8:05 AM
Ecocycle Pond, Boulder, Colorado, US
Apr 16, 2016 8:10 AM - 8:20 AM Protocol: Traveling 0.1 mile(s) 11 species Canada Goose 10 Gadwall 6 Mallard 6 Northern Shoveler 4 Pied-billed Grebe 2 Red-tailed Hawk 1 American Coot 16 Barn Swallow 1 Song Sparrow 1 Red-winged Blackbird 10 Great-tailed Grackle 1
Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat--Cottonwood Marsh, Boulder, Colorado, US
Apr 16, 2016 8:40 AM - 9:05 AM Protocol: Traveling
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Killdeer
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0.25 mile(s) 15 species Canada Goose 8 Gadwall 10 Mallard 6 Northern Shoveler 10 Green-winged Teal 10 Ring-necked Duck 8 Lesser Scaup 4 American White Pelican 13 American Coot 8 Killdeer 4 American Robin 2 Song Sparrow 1 Red-winged Blackbird 6 Western Meadowlark 1, singing House Finch 2
Near the Diagonal and Iris, Boulder, Colorado, US
Apr 16, 2016 9:15 AM - 9:25 AM
Protocol: Stationary 2 species Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1 Common Raven 4, see Bird of the Day
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Total species seen: 28
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