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Saturday Bird Walk - Bird Count - Nov 21, 2015  
Sunny and chilly. 15-30°F. 0-4 mph. 5 participants.

This morning was the first winter bird walk of the season! I even wore a hat! We had the fortune of being amongst two groups of chickadees this morning. Read more about them in the Bird of the Day section.

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Bird of the Day:  Ruby-Crowned Kinglet - Regulus calendula

One thing to pay attention to in the late fall and early winter are flocks of chickadees because
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
© Kevin Rutherford
other species associate with chickadees. Nuthatches, creepers, downy woodpeckers, yellow-rumped warblers, and our Bird of the Day the ruby-crowned kinglet all can be found with chickadee flocks in the first half of the winter. You can spot a kinglet in a group of chickadees by paying attention to how the birds move. Kinglets will often flutter briefly as they move about, whereas chickadees also move quickly, but they are more direct in their movements.

Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds:
Audubon, Guide to North American Birds:
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet

Youtube Video by naturalist97333:  Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
Bird Count:  Saturday, November 21, 2015
Cooper's Hawk ©Steve Frye

University of Colorado campus--Confluence Ponds
and Skunk Creek, Boulder, Colorado, US
Nov 21, 2015 7:40 AM - 9:20 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
21 species

Cackling Goose 10
Canada Goose 100
Gadwall 10
American Wigeon 20
Canada Goose ©Kevin Rutherford

Mallard 30
Ring-necked Duck 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1, hacking up a pellet
American Coot 2
Ring-billed Gull 8
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Black-billed Magpie 3
American Crow 20
Black-capped Chickadee 14
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown Creeper 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1, see Bird of the Day
American Robin 1
House Finch ©Steve Frye

Song Sparrow 1
House Finch 30, feeding on boxelder seeds

 
Sombrero Marsh & Pond, Boulder, Colorado, US  
Nov 21, 2015 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
12 species

American Wigeon 6
Mallard 6
Northern Shoveler 1
Red-Tailed Hawk Coughing up a Pellet ©Nancy Ries Morrison

Green-winged Teal 4
Red-tailed Hawk (Harlan's) 1
American Coot 4
Blue Jay 1
Black-billed Magpie 1
Dark-eyed Junco 3
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 1
House Finch 2


Valmont Reservoir Complex, Boulder, Colorado, US
Nov 21, 2015 9:50 AM - 10:05 AM
Protocol: Stationary
13 species

Mallard X
White-Breasted Nuthatch
©Kevin Rutherford

Canvasback X
Ring-necked Duck X
Bufflehead X
Hooded Merganser X
Western Grebe 1
Bald Eagle 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Coot X
Ring-billed Gull 4
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
Black-billed Magpie 4
European Starling 20


Wild Bird Company, Boulder, Colorado, US
Nov 21, 2015. 11:40 AM - 11:50 AM
Protocol: Stationary
4 species
 
Black-Capped Chickadee
©Kevin Rutherford
Cooper's Hawk 1
Rock Pigeon 30
Black-capped Chickadee 2
House Sparrow 16


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Total species seen:  34             
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