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Saturday Bird Walk - Bird Count - Feb 27, 2016   
Sunny and hot. 50-60°F. 2-5 mph. 14 participants.

Roasty-toasty for late in February. The water has all opened up and the waterfowl are coming in. Even some songbirds are returning including mountain bluebirds and a few tree swallows! 

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Bird of the Day:  
Green-Winged Teal - Anas crecca

Green-Winged Teal ©Kevin Rutherford
 
Many waterfowl species engage in courtship behavior throughout the winter, but at this point in the year, they are getting more serious. We found a group of male green-winged teal surrounding a female, trying to impress her. The males swam around the female occasionally lifting their tails high and giving a sharp chirping call. The displays increased until the males started actual combat. See the slide show and video for great green-wing images and more.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds:   Green-Winged Teal
 
Birdfellow:  Green-Winged Teal

Youtube Video by Wayne Wolfersberger:   Green-Winged Teal

Flickriver Photo by BernieErnieJr:   Green-Winged Teal

Youtube Video by WBCBoulderCO:   Green-Winged Teal Courtship - Wild Bird Company
Bird Count:  Saturday, February 27, 2016
 
Belted Kingfisher  ©Kevin Rutherford
Walden Ponds & Sawhill Ponds Wildlife Habitats, Boulder, Colorado, US
Feb 27, 2016 7:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
34 species

Canada Goose 30
Gadwall 80
American Wigeon 100
Mallard 40
Cinnamon Teal 1
Northern Shoveler 20
Great Blue Heron  ©Kevin Rutherford

Northern Pintail 6
Green-winged Teal 20
Redhead 50
Ring-necked Duck 40
Common Goldeneye 10
Hooded Merganser 1
Great Blue Heron 3
Bald Eagle 1
Ferruginous Hawk 1, flyover
Killdeer 2
Ring-billed Gull 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 60
Eurasian Collared-Dove 1
Red-Winged Blackbird  ©Steve Frye

Mourning Dove 1
Belted Kingfisher 4
Northern Flicker 4
Black-billed Magpie 4
American Crow 1
Common Raven 1
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Brown Creeper 1
American Robin 2
European Starling 4
American Tree Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 6
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Western Meadowlark 1
House Finch 2
 
 
Ecocycle Pond, Boulder, Colorado, US
Feb 27, 2016 11:00 AM - 11:05 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
Northern Pintail  ©Kevin Rutherford

6 species

Canada Goose 10
American Wigeon 10
Mallard 4
Hooded Merganser 1
American Kestrel 1
Common Raven 25, all in a kettle soaring over Ecocycle.

 



Song Sparrow  ©Kevin Rutherford




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Total species seen:  35           
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