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  Saturday Bird Walk − Bird Count − August 27, 2016    
Sunny and warm. 80°F. 2-6 mph. 18 participants.

American Bullfrog Croaking
©Neal Zaun

This morning reminded me that we live on an amazing planet and that you don't have to travel to the ends of it to have an amazing experience. Fascinating things abound in our backyards, neighborhoods, and local patches! So get out there and keep your eyes and ears open.

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Bird of the Day
Virginia Rail − 
Rallus limicola
 
Virginia Rail  ©Eileen Rutherford
   
It's not every day that you get to see a Virginia Rail out in the open seemingly without the strong desire to disappear into the reeds. The drawback being it was not close, but we had good looks through the spotting scopes. Sometimes the sora and the Virginia Rail were sharing the same field of view in the scope. The rich chestnut coloration and gray face of a Virginia Rail, combined with the bright orange of the beak are hard to turn away from. Stunning. 
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds:   Virginia Rail
 
Birdfellow:  Virginia Rail
 
Youtube Video by reflectionsofnature:  Virginia Rail Callling & Feeding

Flickriver:  Virginia Rail
Bird Count: Saturday, August 27, 2016
  

Teller Farm & Lakes, Boulder, CO-US
American Bullfrogs
©Kevin Rutherford


Aug 27, 2016 7:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
45 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose 1
Mallard 40
     Blue-winged/Cinnamon Teal 10
Pied-billed Grebe 8
Double-crested Cormorant 3
American White Pelican 22
Great Blue Heron 5
Great Egret 2
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Great Horned Owl  ©Kevin Rutherford
Northern Harrier 1
Virginia Rail 1, see Bird of the Day Sora 2
American Coot 20
Killdeer 10
Baird's Sandpiper 3
Wilson's Snipe 2
Spotted Sandpiper 4
Solitary Sandpiper 6
Greater Yellowlegs 6
Ring-billed Gull 20
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 30
Eurasian Collared-Dove 4
Mourning Dove 2
Great Horned Owl 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Greater Yellowlegs  ©Steve Frye

Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
American Kestrel 1
     Empidonax sp. 1
Say's Phoebe 2
Western Kingbird 5
Eastern Kingbird 6
Blue Jay 2
Black-billed Magpie 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 14
Say's Phoebe  ©Kevin Rutherford

Black-capped Chickadee 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
House Wren 1
Marsh Wren 2
European Starling 10
Chipping Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Yellow-headed Blackbird 4
Common Grackle 4
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 2
 
 
Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat--Cottonwood Marsh and Duck Pond,  Boulder, Colorado, US

Aug 27, 2016 10:10 AM - 10:40 AM
Solitary Sandpiper  ©Steve Frye

Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
20 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose 6
Mallard 30
Blue-winged Teal 2
     Blue-winged/Cinnamon Teal 4
Double-crested Cormorant 6
Great Blue Heron 6
Snowy Egret 2
Osprey 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American White Pelicans
©Neal  Zaun

Sora 1
Killdeer 4
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Ring-billed Gull 10
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 50
Belted Kingfisher 1
Barn Swallow 10
Cedar Waxwing 3
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 2
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 2
European Mantis  ©Kevin Rutherford




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Total species seen: 53
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