March 21, 2015 Saturday Bird Walk 
Sunny and warm. 50°F. 2-4 mph. 23 participants.
binoculars and child


   
Visit Our Completely Redesigned

Same phone numbers:  (303) 442-1322 or  1-844-442-1322
New email address: info@wildbirdco.com

Thanks for all of your support!  We look forward to seeing you and hearing about your latest birding experiences.   --Steve
____________________________________________________   
View our Saturday, March 21, 2015 Bird Walk
____________________________________________________

March 21, 2015 Saturday Bird Walk 

  
Walden & Sawhill Ponds Wildlife Habitats, Boulder, US-CO:
Mar 21, 2015 7:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling 2.5 mile(s)
36 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  10
Gadwall  30
American Wigeon  40
Mallard  20
Cinnamon Teal  2
Northern Shoveler  20
Northern Pintail  2
Green-winged Teal  50
Redhead  6
Ring-necked Duck  50
Bufflehead  4
Common Goldeneye  4
Hooded Merganser  7
Great Blue Heron  5
Cooper's Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  3
    Red-tailed Hawk (Harlan's)  1
American Coot  10
Killdeer  5, see Bird of the Day
Ring-billed Gull  8
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  40
Eurasian Collared-Dove  2
Mourning Dove  1
Great Horned Owl  1
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  10
Blue Jay  2
Black-billed Magpie  1
American Crow  4
Black-capped Chickadee  10
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
American Robin  8, making lots of noise
European Starling  6
Song Sparrow  3
Red-winged Blackbird  20, also making lots of noise
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  1
____________________________________________________

Total species seen:  36
____________________________________________________
 
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.


--------------------------------------------------
Product Discount Coupon
--------------------------------------------------


15% Off Bluebird Boxes! 
 
Shop Online, Call (303) 442-1322 and mention this Coupon
or visit our store to redeem.  Code: WBCO315A
Not to be combined with other offers.  Expires 4/30/15.

 
Wild Bird Company · 1641 28th Street
Boulder, CO 80301 · 1-844-442-1322
Click to Join Our Bird Walk List or Newsletter List!
You can Sign Up for our (1) "Saturday Bird Walks List" to receive information and results from our Bird Walks, or (2) Sign Up to receive our regular eNewsletters.
Note: The "Bird Walk" list is separate from our "Monthly eNewsletter" list. You can indicate your preferences if you would like to receive one or both.  

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
March 21, 2015
Wild Bird Company

Wild Bird Company
Quick Links

_____________  

 

303-442-1322

or 

1-844-442-1322  

_____________ 

 

  

Charts & Tips 

 

Directions  

 

 

 



Slide Shows of Photos Taken by Participants on Our Bird Walks

Bird of the Day
March 21, 2015
Saturday Bird Walk


Killdeer   
©Kevin Rutherford   
 
Killdeer
  The first thing we heard after opening our car doors at Cottonwood Marsh was the raucous calls of killdeer. That was another spring experience for our morning. The newly arrived killdeer seemed to be wasting no time and getting right to the business of courtship. Killdeer have an interesting natural history. Their nest is called a scrape which is just about what you might think. It is simply an area in on the gravelly ground which they scrape to make a slight depression. They will sometimes add a minimal amount of nest lining before laying four eggs (which look just like stones). Their young are precocial meaning they can walk and feed themselves almost immediately after hatching. You can imagine that a bird like the killdeer with minimal investment in a nest and precocial young could easily have several batches of young in a summer. Killdeer in Colorado can have as many as three broods.

Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 
All About Birds
Killdeer

BirdFellow 
Killdeer

Youtube Video 
by turbo50mike  
  Killdeer Plover Broken Wing Dance - Protecting their nest


Blue Herons
©Steve Frye
Click to Enlarge


Common Goldeneye   
©Eileen Rutherford
Click to Enlarge

White-Breasted Nuthatch   
©Kevin Rutherford
Click to Enlarge

Green-Winged Teal 
©Steve Frye
Click to Enlarge

Walden Ponds 
©Steve Frye
Click to Enlarge