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Saturday Bird Walk - Bird Count - Nov 7, 2015
28-45°F. 2-5 mph. 10 participants.
Today was our annual Look for Loons Walk. The end of October and beginning of November is the best time to search for loons at the larger reservoirs.
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Bald Eagle (for Veteran's Day)
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Bird of the Day: Common Loon, Gavia immer
Of the three "regularly" occurring loons we see, the common loon is, no pun intended, the most
common. They are the largest of the three with a big block head and hefty bill. The medium size loon is the Pacific and the small loon is the red-throated which has recently been seen on Terry Reservoir. As is often the case, the loons we saw this morning were far off. Therefore, one of the images for the common loon in the slide show was one I took in Minnesota. Note; the image of the Minnesota loons are in their alternate or breeding plumage, not the basic plumage we saw them in today.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds:
Common Loon
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Bird Count: Saturday, November 7, 2015
Baseline Reservoir, Colorado, US
Nov 7, 2015 7:45 AM - 8:30 AM
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Ring-Billed Gull with Crayfish
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Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
17 species
Mallard 4
Common Goldeneye 1
Hooded Merganser 16
Common Merganser 2
Common Loon 2, see Bird of the Day
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Eared Grebe 4
Western Grebe 35
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Coot 20
Killdeer 1
Ring-billed Gull 6
Black-billed Magpie 2
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Red-winged Blackbird 1
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 1
Boulder Reservoir, Boulder, Colorado, US
Nov 7, 2015 8:45 AM - 9:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
14 species (+1 other taxa)
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Dark-Eyed Junco
©Kevin Rutherford
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Gadwall 4
Mallard 2
Canvasback 6
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Eared Grebe 20
Western Grebe 50
Western/Clark's Grebe 250
American Coot 20
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3
Belted Kingfisher 1
Northern Flicker 4
American Crow 2
European Starling 40
Dark-eyed Junco 1
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 2
Lagerman Reservoir, Boulder, Colorado, US
Nov 7, 2015 9:25 AM - 10:05 AM
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Bullock's Oriole Monofilament Nest
©Kevin Rutherford
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Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
21 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 40
Mallard 4
Eared Grebe 2
Western Grebe 3
Great Blue Heron 2
Northern Harrier 2
Bald Eagle 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk (Harlan's) 1
Ring-billed Gull 14
Eurasian Collared-Dove 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 1
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Harlan's Red-Tailed Hawk
©Kevin Rutherford
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Black-billed Magpie 3
Common Raven 1
Horned Lark 1
European Starling 20
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Western Meadowlark 2
House Finch 10
American Goldfinch 2
Dodd Reservoir, Boulder, Colorado, US
Nov 7, 2015 10:10 AM - 10:15 AM
Protocol: Stationary
5 species
Canada Goose 80
Gadwall 10
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Northern Harrier
©Kevin Rutherford
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Mallard 2
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Bald Eagle 1
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Total species seen: 36
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Boulder Reservoir ©Jane Baryames
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