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Saturday Bird Walk - Bird Count - Jan 23, 2016   
Partly cloudy and mild. 30°F. 2-6 mph. 17 participants.

We were just leaving the trails this morning as the mud began to thaw. Great timing. A few weeks ago (in the slide show) we took images of mink prints in the snow. Today we got a brief glimpse of that mink where we had seen the previous tracks near the 75 th Street Bridge over Boulder Creek (see slide show)

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Bird of the Day: 
American Kestrel - Falco sparverius
American Kestrel  ©Kevin Rutherford

American Kestrels are always a show stopper on the bird walks. If you ever get a good look at a male kestrel, you will know why (see slide show). The black markings and spots combined with the copper and French blue tones are mesmerizing. One of the birds we saw this morning had just caught a mouse/vole. In the slide show I have sparred the more gruesome images of his meal. Kestrels eat mostly insects, mice and voles, and a few small birds.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds:

Birdfellow:  American Kestrel

Youtube Video by Migration Productions:
Bird Count:  Saturday, January 23, 2016
Belted Kingfisher  ©Kevin Rutherford

Twin Lakes, Boulder, Colorado, US
Jan 23, 2016 7:45 AM - 8:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.25 mile(s)
18 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose 20
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 4
Eurasian Collared-Dove 2
Great Horned Owl 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 8
Mallards  ©Jack Klase

American Kestrel 1, see Bird of the Day
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 4
Black-capped Chickadee 8
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown Creeper 1
American Robin 3
European Starling 4
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Great-Horned Owl  ©Kevin Rutherford
     Dark-eyed Junco (Pink-sided) 2
Red-winged Blackbird 30
House Finch 5
 
Boulder Creek--75th St., Boulder, Colorado, US
Jan 23, 2016 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
24 species (+1 other taxa)
 Canada Goose 100
Gadwall 2
American Wigeon 4
Mallard 20
Green-winged Teal 6
Common Goldeneye 2
Hooded Merganser 6
Common Merganser 6
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
     Red-tailed Hawk (Harlan's) 1
American Coot 1
Red-Winged Blackbirds  ©Steve Frye

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 30
Eurasian Collared-Dove 6
Belted Kingfisher 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
American Kestrel 1, see Bird of the Day
Blue Jay 2
Black-capped Chickadee 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
European Starling 4
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Hooded Merganser  ©Jack Klase

House Finch 4


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Total species seen:  29           
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