August 29, 2015 Saturday Bird Walk  
Warm and hazy. 85°F. 2-15 mph. 12 participants.
binoculars and child

The hazy skies show us this morning that our region (and indeed the world) is connected to other places. Massive wild fires in the Pacific Northwest have produced incredible amounts of smoke, some of which has descended upon the Front Range. So too, the blackbirds and others we saw this morning are flocking up getting ready to migrate to other regions, intimately connecting two seemingly separate places.
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August 29, 2015 Saturday Bird Walk

Jim Hamm Pond, Boulder, Colorado, US: 
Aug 29, 2015 7:55 AM - 8:20 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
18 species

Canada Goose 10
Mallard 8
Great Blue Heron 2
Killdeer 1
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Ring-billed Gull 3
Eurasian Collared-Dove 2
Mourning Dove 6
Downy Woodpecker 1
American Kestrel 1
Blue Jay 2
Barn Swallow 4
American Robin 1
European Starling 10
Cedar Waxwing 3
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Yellow-headed Blackbird 6
American Goldfinch 1
 
Union Reservoir, Weld, Colorado, US:
Aug 29, 2015 8:20 AM - 9:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
24 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose 60
Mallard 4
Blue-winged Teal 3
Pied-billed Grebe 1
     Western/Clark's Grebe 200 Way out in the middle.
American White Pelican 10
Great Blue Heron 3
Great Egret 6
Snowy Egret 1
Osprey 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Killdeer 60 Counted by ones 46 in one field.
Wilson's Snipe 1
Ring-billed Gull 4
Forster's Tern 3, see Bird of the Day
Eurasian Collared-Dove 4
Mourning Dove 8
American Kestrel 3
Horned Lark 20
Barn Swallow 30
European Starling 10
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Yellow-headed Blackbird 30
American Goldfinch 2
 
Lagerman Reservoir, Boulder, Colorado, US:
Aug 29, 2015 9:45 AM - 10:05 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.1 mile(s)
12 species

Canada Goose 10
Mallard 6
American White Pelican 4
Great Blue Heron 3
Great Egret 3
Osprey 2
Killdeer 8
Ring-billed Gull 2
Mourning Dove 2
American Kestrel 1
Sage Thrasher 2
Vesper Sparrow 1
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Total species seen:  32           
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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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Wild Bird Company · 1641 28th Street
Boulder, CO 80301 · 1-844-442-1322
birders
Meet For Our Saturday Bird Walks

  From 7:30 am (promptly) to 10 am  

    Meet at Wild Bird Company

      1641 - 28th St., Boulder, CO  

       (303) 442-1322   

 

      Every Saturday Year-Round

No reservations required.  Every last Saturday of the month we travel further afield than normal and return a little later.  Bird Walk locations are determined on the morning of the walk. All ages and birding abilities are welcome!

 

--Thanks, Steve   


           
Wild Bird Company
1-844-442-1322 or (303) 442-1322
August 29, 2015
Wild Bird Company
Bird of the Day
August 29, 2015
Saturday
Bird Walk


   Forster's Tern and American
   White Pelicans     
©Steve Frye 
 
    Forster's Tern      
We heard the terns before we saw them this morning. Terns, in general, have very harsh and high-pitched calls. Listen to them on one of the links below. I can sit and watch them for a long time because their movements are so buoyant and graceful. Mixed in with this are their occasional plunge dives to catch fish adding a little drama to the scene.

Cornell Lab of Ornithology,
All About Birds
Forster's Tern

BirdFellow
Forster's Tern

     Youtube Video 
by Rob Curtis      Forster's Tern, Sterna forsteri, preening.
 


Osprey
©Jack Klase  
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Great Blue Heron

©Jane Baryames
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    American Kestrel
    
©Steve Frye
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     Wilson's Snipe
       
©Steve Frye
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     Vesper Sparrow
     
©Steve Frye
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   Sage Thrasher and Eastern    Cottontail   
©Steve Frye
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