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Saturday Bird Walk - Bird Count - Dec 26, 2015
Partly Cloudy and chilly. 15°F. 2-6 mph. 4 participants.
On our last bird walk for 2015, it was cold, but it didn't seem too harsh because the breeze held off for most of our time. The creek path was strangely lacking songbirds. I'm not sure if this was due to the weather, the merlin, our timing, or just bad luck. Happy New Year everyone and good birding!
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Bird of the Day: Hooded Merganser − Lophodytes cucullatus
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Hooded Mergansers ©Steve Frye
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The hooded mergansers were out in force this morning. It's nice to see them on the creek because it made them a little more approachable compared to normal. As you will see from the slide show, there was a hooded merganser in the bunch that was either a bird with an abhorrent plumage or some kind of hybrid. Its head shape was a little different, but it had many hooded characteristics. One of the intriguing things about bird watching is that answers are not always easily (or ever) attained!
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds:
Hooded Merganser
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Bird Count: Saturday, December 26, 2015
Boulder Creek--75th St.
, Boulder, Colorado, US
Dec 26, 2015 7:45 AM - 9:20 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
19 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 30
Cackling/Canada Goose 50
Gadwall 10
American Wigeon 20
Mallard 20
Green-winged Teal 1
Hooded Merganser 18, see Bird of the Day
Common Merganser 10
Great Blue Heron 1
Red-tailed Hawk 3
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American Kestrel ©Steve Frye
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Eurasian Collared-Dove 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Northern Flicker 1
American Kestrel 1
Merlin 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
European Starling 14
House Finch 1
Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat--Cottonwood Marsh & Wally Tove's Pond,
Boulder, Colorado, US
Dec 26, 2015 9:25 AM - 9:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
5 species
Canada Goose 20
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Ring-billed Gull 20
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 150, a tight grouping on the ice.
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Valmont Reservoir Complex, Boulder, Colorado, US
Dec 26, 2015 9:35 AM - 9:50 AM
Protocol: Stationary
14 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 80
Gadwall 20
Mallard 20
Canvasback 1
Common/Red-breasted Merganser 200
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Bald Eagle 1
Red-tailed Hawk 3
American Coot 40
Ring-billed Gull 2
Black-billed Magpie 3
Common Raven 1
Horned Lark 20
European Starling 4
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Total species seen: 32
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©Steve Frye
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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
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