May 16, 2015 Saturday Bird Walk
Partly cloudy with beautiful clouds. 65?F. 2-6 mph.
22 + 200 participants.
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Today was the
Walk in the Wild: International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD) Celebration out at Walden Ponds which the Wildbird Company helps sponsor. We started the morning like always, leaving the store and heading out bird watching. After an hour, I had to return to the store to retrieve the coffee for IMBD while the rest of the group continued bird watching and then met me at Walden Ponds. It was a great morning of teaching about and celebrating migratory birds. Thanks to all those that participated and helped at IMBD, and especially to
Environment for the Americas for hosting the event.
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Phone:
(303) 442-1322
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View our Saturday, May 16, 2015 Bird Walk
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May 16, 2015 Saturday Bird Walk
Centennial Trail Boulder, US-CO
May 16, 2015 7:45 AM - 8:35 AM
Protocol:
Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
27 species
Canada Goose 4
Mallard 3
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Cooper's Hawk 1, with mammalian prey.
Eurasian Collared-Dove 2
Mourning Dove 2
Black-chinned Hummingbird 1, see Bird of the Day
Northern Flicker 1
American Kestrel 1
Dusky Flycatcher 1
Blue Jay 1
Black-billed Magpie 2
American Crow 1
Common Raven 2
Barn Swallow 2
House Wren 1
American Robin 2
Gray Catbird 2
European Starling 2
Yellow Warbler 3
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Western Meadowlark 2
Common Grackle 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
American Goldfinch 3
Walden & Sawhill Ponds Wildlife Habitat, Boulder, US-CO
May 16, 2015 9:10 AM - 1:55 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
42 species
Canada Goose 30
Gadwall 20
Mallard 6
Blue-winged Teal 2
Ruddy Duck 1
Double-crested Cormorant 3
American White Pelican 7
Great Blue Heron 3
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 1
Swainson's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Coot 1
American Avocet 6
Killdeer 8
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 6
Eurasian Collared-Dove 2
Mourning Dove 4
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 4
Warbling Vireo 3
Black-billed Magpie 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Tree Swallow 10
Violet-green Swallow 20
Barn Swallow 10
Cliff Swallow 30
Black-capped Chickadee 2
House Wren 4
American Robin 4
European Starling 2
Common Yellowthroat 2
Yellow Warbler 8
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 6
Song Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Common Grackle 8
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Bullock's Oriole 2, building a nest
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 6
Sombrero Marsh & Pond, Boulder, US-CO
May 16, 2015 2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
28 species
Gadwall 10
American Wigeon 1
Mallard 8
Cinnamon Teal 2
Ring-necked Duck 4
Lesser Scaup 10
Bufflehead 2
Ruddy Duck 1
Pied-billed Grebe 6
American Coot 30
Killdeer 2
Wilson's Phalarope 4
Mourning Dove 1
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 1
Western Kingbird 1
Tree Swallow 10
Barn Swallow 10
Cliff Swallow 20
House Wren 1
American Robin 2
Yellow Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 1
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Yellow-headed Blackbird 8
Great-tailed Grackle 1
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 1
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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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Bird of the Day
May 16, 2015
Saturday Bird Walk
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Black-Chinned Hummingbird
Black-Chinned Hummingbird
While we were all together as a Wildbird Group, we visited Centennial Trail to see what new birds had arrived this week. I mentioned that a particular tree has been the haunt of a male black-chinned hummingbird for at least three years. Not more than a minute passed when we saw something small zip up to the top. I only saw it out of the corner of my eye, but the movement of a hummingbird is unmistakable. There it was guarding its territory, a male black-chinned hummingbird. These birds have really been on the increase in Boulder County.
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