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  Saturday Bird Walk − Bird Count − July 9, 2016    
Sunny and warm. 80°F. 2-10 mph.  10 participants
 
Gregory Canyon was full of flying things like butterflies and dragonflies, and yes, some birds too. The other thing that Gregory Canyon is full of is poison ivy so hikers beware. 
                    
                                    
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Bird of the Day
Red-Tailed Hawk - Buteo jamaicensis  
 
 
 
Our Bird of the Day put on a fun, but distant show by carrying a snake around from perch to perch on the ridge near the mouth of Gregory Canyon. It may have been waiting for newly fledged young to come and get the snake or it might have been looking for a good place to eat a little snake before delivering the rest to the nest? It seemed restless. I have been seeing many red-tails with snakes this year - must be a good (bad) year for snakes?
 
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds:
 
Birdfellow:  Red-Tailed Hawk
 
Youtube Video by  
National Geographic
  :  Red-Tailed Hawk vs. Rattler
 
Flickriver:  Red-Tailed Hawk
Bird Count: Saturday, July 9, 2016
  

Gregory Canyon, Boulder, Colorado, US

 
Black-Capped Chickadee ©Neal Zaun

Jul 9, 2016 7:45 AM - 9:30 AM 
Protocol: Traveling 
1.25 mile(s) 
28 species
 
Turkey Vulture 30 
Red-Tailed Hawk 1, see Bird of the Day 
Mourning Dove 1
Broad-Tailed Hummingbird 3
Northern Flicker 1
Cordilleran Flycatcher 2
Plumbeous Vireo 1
 
Brown Creeper ©Kevin Rutherford
Warbling Vireo 1
Steller's Jay 4
Black-Billed Magpie 4
Common Raven 1
Violet-Green Swallow 2 
Black-Capped Chickadee 8 
Bushtit 2
White-Breasted Nuthatch 2 
Brown Creeper 2 
House Wren 3
American Robin 1
Yellow-Breasted Chat 3
Chipping Sparrow 1
Green-Tailed Towhee 1
Spotted Towhee 4
 
Monarda ©Eileen Rutherford
Western Tanager 3
Black-Headed Grosbeak 1
Brewer's Blackbird 1
Brown-Headed Cowbird 4
House Finch 4
Lesser Goldfinch 2
 
Boulder Creek (University of Colorado Campus), Boulder, Colorado 
 
Jul 9, 2016 9:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
13 species
 
Western Tiger Swallowtail   
©Eileen Rutherford
Chimney Swift 6 
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 3
Northern Flicker 1
Cordilleran Flycatcher 2
Common Raven 1 
Violet-green Swallow 4 
Black-capped Chickadee 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 1
American Robin 1 
Yellow Warbler 4
House Finch 4
Lesser Goldfinch 2
 
 
 
 
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Total species seen: 30
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