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Saturday, October 11, 2014

Partly cloudy and mild. 60�F. 2-4 mph. 12 participants.

We had a relatively quiet songbird morning today. Sometimes it's like that. Still, it was beautiful weather and the leaves were really calling our attention. Waterfowl are starting to take over the show.

View our Regular Saturday, October 11, 2014 Bird Walk

Slide Show

Boulder Reservoir Complex:

Oct 11, 2014 7:45 AM - 8:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
20 species (+1 other taxa)

Ruddy Duck 2
Western/Clark's Grebe 700
Bald Eagle 1
American Coot 305
Killdeer 1
Franklin's Gull 1
Ring-billed Gull 180
Eurasian Collared-Dove 13
Belted Kingfisher 1
Northern Flicker 2
Blue Jay 1
Black-billed Magpie 1
American Crow 2
American Robin 1
European Starling 30
American Pipit 1
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Western Meadowlark 6
Common Grackle 5
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 1

Lagerman Reservoir:

Oct 11, 2014 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
22 species

Canada Goose 30
Mallard 1
Ruddy Duck 1
Western Grebe 30
Double-crested Cormorant 1
American White Pelican 8
Great Blue Heron 2
Northern Harrier 1
Bald Eagle 2
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Killdeer 1
Ring-billed Gull 40
Eurasian Collared-Dove 1
Black-billed Magpie 13
Horned Lark 14
Western Bluebird 2
Mountain Bluebird 40, see Bird of the Day
European Starling 30
Red-winged Blackbird 40
Western Meadowlark 3
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 2

Niwot Cemetery and Nimbus Rd:

Oct 11, 2014 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
3 species

American Kestrel 1
Blue Jay 1
Red-winged Blackbird 4

Total species seen: 32

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.

Every Saturday Morning

- From 7:30 a.m. (promptly) to 10 am -

Meet at Wild Bird Center of Boulder

1641 - 28th St., Boulder, CO 80301

(303) 442-1322

Every Saturday year-round. No reservations required. Every last Saturday of the month we travel further afield than normal and return a little later. Bird Walk locations are determined on the morning of the walk.All ages and birding abilities are welcome!

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--Thanks, Steve

Wild Bird Center of Boulder, CO

OCTOBER 11, 2014

Wild Bird Center

Boulder, Colorado

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Bird of the Day
October 11, 2014
Saturday Bird Walk

Mountain Bluebirds

�Steve Frye

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Mountain Bluebird

It was really fun to watch a big flock of bluebirds working the pasture to the west of Lagerman this morning. They were not close so when you focused your binoculars on the pasture you just saw all these blue lights on the ground. The bluebirds were especially working the bare and muddy sections of this pasture. As you will see from the slide show, our images are not great given the distances, but they still show how prominently they showed up.

Cornell Lab of Ornithology,
All About Birds

Mountain Bluebird

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