It rained for the entire bird walk. The rain was hard enough to keep the little birds mostly hidden. We did have some good ducks (what do they care about more water?) We visited a few places like Sombrero where we could bird watch from the car and we spent the most time under the picnic shelter at Cottonwood Marsh.
Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat--Cottonwood Marsh/Wally Tove's Pond, Boulder, US-CO
May 9, 2015 6:30 AM - 7:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling 0.2 mile(s)
24 species
Canada Goose 20
Gadwall 50
Mallard 2
Blue-winged Teal 8
Cinnamon Teal 6
Northern Shoveler 4
Redhead 1
Lesser Scaup 1
Ruddy Duck 1
American White Pelican 12
Snowy Egret 2
American Avocet 3
Killdeer 2
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Least Sandpiper 3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 10
Mourning Dove 1
Black-billed Magpie 1
Barn Swallow 6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
American Robin 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 4
Song Sparrow 3
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Sombrero Marsh & Pond, Boulder, US-CO
May 9, 2015 7:40 AM - 7:50 AM
Protocol: Stationary
11 species
Gadwall 20
Mallard 10
Blue-winged Teal 6
Cinnamon Teal 2
Northern Shoveler 4
Ring-necked Duck 4
Lesser Scaup 6
Bufflehead 10
American Coot 20
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Yellow-headed Blackbird 2
Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat--Cottonwood Marsh/Wally Tove's Pond, Boulder, US-CO
May 9, 2015 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Protocol: Stationary
34 species (+2 other taxa)
Canada Goose 10
Wood Duck 2
Gadwall 50
Mallard 2
Blue-winged Teal 8
Cinnamon Teal 4
Northern Shoveler 10
Redhead 1
Ring-necked Duck 1
Lesser Scaup 1
Bufflehead 1
Ruddy Duck 1
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 2
American White Pelican 12
American Avocet 6
Killdeer 3
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Least Sandpiper 3
peep sp. 4
Say's Phoebe 1
Western Kingbird 1
Black-billed Magpie 1
Violet-green Swallow 20
Bank Swallow 10
Barn Swallow 10
Cliff Swallow 6
swallow sp. 300 Way up on the high tension power lines. In the rain they were too dark to distinguish.
American Robin 3
European Starling 2
Song Sparrow 1
White-crowned Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Common Grackle 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
American Goldfinch 2, see Bird of the Day
Boulder Reservoir complex--Boulder Res, Boulder, US-CO
May 9, 2015 9:15 AM - 9:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
7 species
Mallard 4
Great Blue Heron 6
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Western Kingbird 1
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Western Meadowlark 3
Common Grackle 20
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Total species seen: 44
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