September 19, 2015 Saturday Bird Walk
Sunny, calm, and pleasant. 65°F. 0-2 mph. 12 participants.
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As many bird watchers can relate to, this morning was a feast or famine kind of outing. We ended up with a good species total and saw many interesting birds, but we had many extended birdless periods. However, the fall weather was so spectacular that those periods really didn't matter.
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September 19, 2015 Saturday Bird Walk
Walden & Sawhill Ponds Wildlife Habitat,
Boulder, Colorado, US:
Sep 19, 2015 8:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.75 mile(s)
43 species
Canada Goose 20
Wood Duck 14
Gadwall 2
American Wigeon 20
Mallard 20
Blue-winged Teal 8
Northern Shoveler 1
Northern Pintail 1
Green-winged Teal 6
Pied-billed Grebe 12
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Great Blue Heron 2
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Swainson's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Killdeer 10
Wilson's Snipe 4
Ring-billed Gull 30
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 30
Eurasian Collared-Dove 1
Mourning Dove 10
Belted Kingfisher 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Say's Phoebe 2
Loggerhead Shrike 1, see Bird of the Day
Blue Jay 3
Black-billed Magpie 1
Black-capped Chickadee 8
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
American Robin 2
European Starling 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
White-crowned Sparrow 3
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 3
House Finch 6
American Goldfinch 4
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Total species seen: 43
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Note: Species in bold are birds that were special on the walk for
reasons like a great view, out-of-season, great numbers, or rarity.
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Bird of the Day
September 19, 2015
Saturday Bird Walk
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Loggerhead Shrike
Loggerhead Shrike
We debated a while about whether this bird was a northern or a loggerhead shrike. It's always valuable to contemplate these similar species and listen to the observations of the group. This is how we get better at identification. Hopefully, next time we see a shrike all these fine points of identification will come back to us. This bird showed a broad eye band which met over the beak. It had a stout beak without a great hook at the end and it lacked any fine barring on its chest. For these reasons, we called it a loggerhead.
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