August 22, 2015 Saturday Bird Walk
Hot and breezy. 85°F. 2-15 mph. 10 participants.
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Many sage thrashers have been reported around so I was itching to go find them, especially since I felt I missed them last year. What better place to find sage thrashers than at Sage Trail? Click on the slide show button below to see some of the finds from today.
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August 22, 2015 Saturday Bird Walk
Wild Bird Company, Boulder, US-CO:
Aug 22, 2015 7:15 AM - 7:20 AM
Protocol: Stationary
5 species
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 20
American Crow 1
Common Raven 10, watch the video of eating at Qdoba
House Finch 8
House Sparrow 6
Boulder Valley Ranch, Sage Trailhead,
Boulder,
US-CO:
Aug 22, 2015 7:45 AM - 9:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
27 species (+1 other taxa)
Northern Harrier 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Wilson's Snipe 1
Mourning Dove 4
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 2
Northern Flicker 2
Prairie Falcon 1
Western Wood-Pewee 2
Eastern Kingbird 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 10
Black-capped Chickadee 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 2
American Robin 4
Sage Thrasher 8, see Bird of the Day
Gray Catbird, 1
European Starling 6
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Spizella sp. 4
Spotted Towhee 1
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Western Meadowlark 2
Common Grackle 1
Bullock's Oriole 1
House Finch 6
Lesser Goldfinch 2
American Goldfinch 1
Boulder Reservoir complex--Boulder Res,
Boulder, US-CO:
Aug 22, 2015 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
17 species (+2 other taxa)
Canada Goose 60
Gadwall 2
Mallard 10
American White Pelican 6
Great Blue Heron 5
Great Egret 2
Osprey 2
American Coot 10
Killdeer 3
Ring-billed Gull 80
tern sp. 1
Mourning Dove 2
Violet-green Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 6
European Starling 6
Spizella sp. 8
Brewer's Blackbird 3
Common Grackle 1
House Finch 2
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Total species seen: 43
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Note: Species in bold are birds that were special on the walk for
reasons like a great view, out-of-season, great numbers, or rarity.
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Slide Shows of Photos Taken by Participants on Our Bird Walks
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Bird of the Day
August 22, 2015
Saturday Bird Walk
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Sage Thrasher
Sage Thrasher
Sage thrashers are one part mockingbird, one part pipit, one part thrasher, and one part roadrunner. We got to see the roadrunner part when one bird this morning caught a grasshopper on the trail. After catching the grasshopper, it ran in short bursts across the trail with its tail cocked up-just like a roadrunner on the move. See Jane Baryames' video of this bird from this morning by clicking on the link below. Sage thrashers are migrants in Boulder County seen mostly during the month of August in the foothills and nearby plains.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology,
All About Birds
Youtube Video by WBCBoulderCO
Band-Winged Meadowhawk Dragonfly
©Kevin Rutherford
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