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Saturday Bird Walk - Bird Count - Dec 12, 2015  
Snowing and cold. 20°F. 2-6 mph. 6 participants.

Our first location this morning was an attempt to find the quintessential holiday greeting card scene. A male cardinal in the snow! There has been a single male cardinal hanging out near Hawthorn Gulch for about three years now. We missed on the cardinal, but we had quite an adventure in the snow today.

                          View Photo Gallery                             View Slide Show
Bird of the Day: Northern Pintail − Anas acuta
Northern Pintail  ©Steve Frye

If you look at the slide show from today, you'll see that my one image of the pintail was not taken in optimal photographic conditions. But those were the conditions we had. Even with the poor conditions, I always get excited when I see a northern pintail because we see them only in small numbers, their population is in decline, and because they are so elegant.


Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds:
Northern Pintail

Birdfellow:   Northern Pintail

Youtube Video by Hanadokmai:
Bird Count:  Saturday, December 12, 2015

Hawthorn Gulch,  Boulder, Colorado, US
Dec 12, 2015 7:50 AM - 8:50 AM
Mallards  ©Steve Frye
Protocol: Traveling
1.25 mile(s)
11 species (+1 other taxa)

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Black-billed Magpie 3
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Brown Creeper 1
Townsend's Solitaire 1
American Robin 3
Dark-eyed Junco 3
     Dark-eyed Junco (Gray-headed) 1
House Finch 2
   
 
Walden & Sawhill Ponds Wildlife Habitat, Boulder, Colorado, US
Dec 12, 2015 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
Harry Woodpecker  ©Clark Anderson

1.5 mile(s)
22 species

Gadwall 20
American Wigeon 20
Mallard 10
Northern Shoveler 30
Northern Pintail 2, see Bird of the Day
Green-winged Teal 10
Ring-necked Duck 20
Bufflehead 3
Common Goldeneye 8
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Coot 2
Ring-billed Gull 40
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 80
Belted Kingfisher 1
American Kestrel ©Steve Frye

Northern Flicker 1
American Kestrel 1
Black-billed Magpie 1
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Song Sparrow 3
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 2

 
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Total species seen:  28             
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