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Saturday Bird Walk - Bird Count - Oct 24, 2015
Sunny with fog early. 35-55°F. 0-4 mph. 13 participants.

It was so exciting to see frost on the ground this morning! It was long overdue and the trees (and people) need it to get a clue about winter approaching. Still some good color out there.
 
Note: When we arrived at Cottonwood Marsh in Walden Ponds Open Space, there was someone there flying a drone. Specifically, he was flying it out over the marsh to scare up the birds so his photographer friend could get some good flight pictures. Let the Open Space folks know that drones that disturb wildlife should be confiscated and the pilots ticketed.
                                                        
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Bird of the Day: Glossy/White-Faced Ibis,
Plegadis species
Glossy/White-Faced Ibis
©Eileen Rutherford

This ibis had been spotted earlier in the week and reported by many as a glossy ibis. When we saw it this morning, it displayed characteristics of both glossy and white-faced ibis. We called it a glossy mostly based on the eye color and skin color around the eye. However, this afternoon Tony Leukering writing on COBirds addressed this identification problem concerning juvenile ibis like the one we saw. The gist of his article was that it is essentially impossible to distinguish young glossy and white-faced ibis from each other. Characteristics that distinguish adults like eye color are not reliable as juveniles. So, I guess we need to more accurately identify the ibis we saw this morning as a glossy/white-faced ibis for now.

Google Groups:  Walden Pond Ibis

Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: Glossy Ibis

Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds:  White-Faced Ibis

BirdFellow:  Glossy Ibis

BirdFellow:  White-Faced Ibis

Youtube Video by refidnasb1:  White Faced Ibis & Giant Crawfish Trinity River Dallas Texas

Bird Count:  Saturday, October 24, 2015

Community Presbyterian Pond - Boulder, Colorado, US
Belted Kingfisher ©Kevin Rutherford
Oct 24, 2015 7:45 AM - 8:10 AM
Protocol: Stationary
19 species

Canada Goose 40
Wood Duck 1
Gadwall 40
American Wigeon 30
Mallard 30
Green-winged Teal 4
Hooded Merganser 8, displaying in the fog
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Coot 10
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 
American Kestrel 1
Blue Jay 1
Black-billed Magpie 2
Downy Woodpecker
©Kevin Rutherford

European Starling 6
Red-winged Blackbird 4
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 1
 
Walden & Sawhill Ponds Wildlife Habitats, Boulder, Colorado, US
Oct 24, 2015 8:20 AM - 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling 1.75 mile(s)
36 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose 30
Wood Duck 10
Gadwall 80
American Wigeon 50
Mallard 30
Northern Pintail 3
Green-winged Teal 10
Redhead 1
Ring-necked Duck 20
Pied-billed Grebe 12
Glossy Ibis 1, see Bird of the Day
Red-tailed Hawk 3
     Red-tailed Hawk (Harlan's) 1
American Coot 40
Killdeer 3
Red-Winged Blackbird ©Neal Zaun
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Wilson's Snipe 9
Ring-billed Gull 30
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 50
Belted Kingfisher 3
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 8
Prairie Falcon 1
Blue Jay 1
Black-billed Magpie 4
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
European Starling 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Dark-eyed Junco 1
     Dark-eyed Junco (Pink-sided) 1
White-crowned Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 1
Red-Tailed Hawk ©Kevin Rutherford

Spotted Towhee 2
Red-winged Blackbird 20
House Finch 6
American Goldfinch 4
 
Sombrero Marsh & Pond, Boulder, Colorado, US
Oct 24, 2015 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling 0.25 mile(s)
21 species

Gadwall 40
American Wigeon 40
Mallard 30
Northern Shoveler 20
Northern Pintail 4
House Finch ©Kevin Rutherford

Green-winged Teal 6
Canvasback 2
Redhead 14
Ring-necked Duck 30
Bufflehead 12
Pied-billed Grebe 2
American Coot 30
Northern Flicker 4
Blue Jay 1
Black-billed Magpie 2
American Crow 2
Marsh Wren 1
White-crowned Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 2
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 2
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Total species seen:  42             
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Walden Ponds ©Steve Frye
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