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  Saturday Bird Walk - Bird Count - April 9, 2016    
Sunny and mild. 55°F. 2-6 mph. 20 participants.

Spring Peepers! Actually, they were western chorus frogs that we heard which many former easterners identify as spring peepers. Anyway, it was great to hear them today. I always report on the frogs when we first hear them. Such a great and nostalgic sound of spring for me. 

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                                   Bird of the Day
                    Black Phoebe
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Sayornis nigricans


A black phoebe is a rare occurrence in Boulder County, but for the past three years this
Black Phoebe ©Kevin Rutherford
phoebe has shown up at the 75th Street Bridge hoping to find a mate. It was singing so loudly this morning it was the first thing I heard when I opened the car door in the parking lot. Another interesting bird trend has been the recent increase in eastern phoebes. The black phoebe may choose to mate with an eastern phoebe which has been known to occur if it cannot find another black phoebe. Only time will tell and there are plenty of bird watchers looking at this black phoebe.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds:
 
Birdfellow:  Black Phoebe

Flickriver:   Black Phoebe

Youtube Video by 
JCMDIweirdStuff
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Youtube Video from This Morning by Jane Baryames:   Black Phoebe
Bird Count:  Saturday, April 9, 2016
  
Boulder Creek--75th St., Boulder, Colorado, US
Apr 9, 2016 7:45 AM - 9:15 AM
American White Pelican  ©Jack Klase
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
29 species

Canada Goose 4
Wood Duck 6
Mallard 6
Great Blue Heron 2
Osprey 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
Eurasian Collared-Dove 4
Bald Eagle  ©Kevin Rutherford

Mourning Dove 1
Great Horned Owl 1
Belted Kingfisher 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3
American Kestrel 1
Black Phoebe 1, see Bird of the Day
Say's Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 4
Black-billed Magpie 2
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
American Robin 4
Great Blue Heron  ©Kevin Rutherford

European Starling 6
White-crowned Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Western Meadowlark 2
Common Grackle 14
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 1
 
 
Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat--Cottonwood Marsh/Wally Tove's Pond/Duck Pond,
Boulder, Colorado, US
Apr 9, 2016 9:20 AM - 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
Tree Swallow  ©Neal Zaun

1.25 mile(s)
35 species

Canada Goose 10
Gadwall 40, courting
Mallard 10
Cinnamon Teal 10
Northern Shoveler 4
Green-winged Teal 20
Ring-necked Duck 4
Lesser Scaup 10
Bufflehead 2
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 20
American White Pelican 4
Great Blue Heron 2
Bald Eagle 2
Swainson's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 6
American Avocet 1
Killdeer 6
Wilson's Snipe 2
Ring-billed Gull 1
Pied-Billed Grebe  ©Kevin Rutherford

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
Eurasian Collared-Dove 2
Mourning Dove 3
Belted Kingfisher 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Tree Swallow 4
American Robin 4
White-crowned Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Common Grackle 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Song Sparrow  ©Neal Zaun

House Finch 8
American Goldfinch 10




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Total species seen:  47      
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