May 23, 2015 Saturday Bird Walk
Partly cloudy (i.e some sun!) and cool. 50?F.
2-5 mph. 17 participants.
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It was great to see a little sun this morning (before the afternoon rains). I think our songbird migration has been on hold and now that the rainy and cold weather is letting up, the birds are coming through in droves. We don't often hit 60 species in a morning like we did today. Let's hope the trend continues!
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May 23, 2015 Saturday Bird Walk
University of Colorado Campus--Confluence Ponds and Skunk Creek, Boulder, US-CO
May 23, 2015 7:45 AM - 9:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
50 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 10
Wood Duck 2, hiding under the willow
Mallard 1
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 2
Swainson's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
White-winged Dove 1
Mourning Dove 10
Chimney Swift 1
White-throated Swift 1
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3
Olive-Sided Flycatcher 1
Western Wood-Pewee 2
Willow Flycatcher 1
Cordilleran Flycatcher 1
Empidonax sp. 2
Plumbeous Vireo 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 8
Common Raven 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Violet-green Swallow 12
Barn Swallow 4
Black-capped Chickadee 2
House Wren 3
Swainson's Thrush 6
American Robin 4
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 1, track star
European Starling 2
Yellow Warbler 6
Blackpoll Warbler 1, I didn't get the greatest look, but I could clearly
see the yellowish legs.
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 10
Song Sparrow 2
White-crowned Sparrow 1
Western Tanager 2
Black-headed Grosbeak 1
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 8
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Bullock's Oriole 3
House Finch 4
Lesser Goldfinch 1
American Goldfinch 4
House Sparrow 2
Sombrero Marsh & Pond, Boulder, US-CO
May 23, 2015 9:45 AM - 10:35 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
24 species
Gadwall 8
Blue-winged Teal 1
Cinnamon Teal 2
Ring-necked Duck 8
Lesser Scaup 6
Pied-billed Grebe 4
Osprey 3
Swainson's Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Coot 16
Black Tern 4, see Bird of the Day
Eurasian Collared-Dove 1
Mourning Dove 2
Violet-green Swallow 6
Barn Swallow 2
Cliff Swallow 400, this is a low estimate!
American Robin 2
Gray Catbird 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Yellow-headed Blackbird 12
Common Grackle 6
Great-tailed Grackle 2
House Finch 4
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Total species seen: 64
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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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Slide Shows of Photos Taken by Participants on Our Bird Walks
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Bird of the Day
May 23, 2015
Saturday Bird Walk
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Black Tern
Black Tern
Black terns are about as dapper as they come. Combined with the elegant flight of a tern and you have a real show stopper. I don't get to see these small terns very often, but when I do it seems it's always on cool, cloudy days in May when the swallows are also swarming at the ponds. You can see in the slide show the enormous number of swallows at Sombrero along with the black terns. The terns were not close so some of our images are a bit fuzzy, but you can still see the elegant form and striking plumage.
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