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May 10, 2014
Partly cloudy. 55�F. 2-8 mph. 17 participants.
binoculars and child

Welcome We took the long road this morning up to Longmont. Golden Ponds is a great spring birding location. We saw a good variety of birds this morning from mega fauna like pelicans to diminutive house wrens.

Note: Join us and the folks from Environment for the Americas next week to celebrate International Migratory Bird Day. Saturday May 17th from 9am to 1pm at Walden Ponds (75th and Jay Rd). Activities include live raptors, bird walks, auction, and education stations. Donate $10 or more and receive a FREE IMBD T-Shirt! For more information go to boulderbirdday.dojiggy.com or call 303-499-1950. This is a great family event!


View our Saturday, May 10, 2014
Bird Walk SLIDE SHOW

Wild Bird Center:
May 10, 2014 7:20 AM - 7:30 AM
Protocol: Stationary
2 species

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  12
Violet-green Swallow  2, in the bird house at the store

Lagerman Reservoir:
May 10, 2014 7:45 AM - 8:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
20 species

Green-winged Teal  6
American White Pelican  7
Great Blue Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  2
Osprey  2, eating a fish
Bald Eagle  1
Spotted Sandpiper  2
Semipalmated Sandpiper  2
Eurasian Collared-Dove  1
Mourning Dove  2
American Kestrel  1
Western Kingbird  2
Loggerhead Shrike  1, dot birding at its finest
Black-billed Magpie  1
Common Raven  4
Barn Swallow  2
Cliff Swallow  4
Lark Sparrow  1
Savannah Sparrow  1, see Bird of the Day
Western Meadowlark  6

Golden Ponds:
May 10, 2014 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
35 species

Canada Goose  16
Mallard  2
Western Grebe  3
Double-crested Cormorant  2
American White Pelican  12
Great Blue Heron  2
Turkey Vulture  1
Osprey  2
Swainson's Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
American Avocet  9, great photo op
Killdeer  2
Spotted Sandpiper  2
Eurasian Collared-Dove  6
Mourning Dove  6
Belted Kingfisher  1
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  2, male cleaning out its hole, see slide show
Blue Jay  2
Barn Swallow  6
Black-capped Chickadee  1
House Wren  4
American Robin  8
European Starling  4
Yellow Warbler  4
Yellow-rumped Warbler  4
Song Sparrow  3
Red-winged Blackbird  30
Yellow-headed Blackbird  2
Common Grackle  6
Brown-headed Cowbird  10
Bullock's Oriole  1
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  4
House Sparrow  6
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Total species seen:  49
 
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.
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  - From 7:30 a.m. (promptly) to 10 am -

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--Thanks, Steve   

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MAY 10, 2014
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Bird of the Day
May 10, 2014
Saturday Bird Walk

Savannah Sparrow
�Steve Frye    
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Savannah Sparrow 
I saw a bird hiding near the shore of Lagerman. I approached slowly and the bird skittered along the shore. I kept pushing it along for a while until I broke off the chase to look at some shorebirds. Well, the bird must have felt slighted because it flew up to a nearby fence and gave us all a long look in great light. At first, I thought it was a grasshopper sparrow because it seemed so yellow in the morning light, but its head was not nearly flat enough for a grasshopper. Pete Dunne describes a savannah sparrow as a bird that looks like it has been eating pollen.. 

Cornell Lab of Ornithology,
All About Birds    

BirdFellow
Savannah Sparrow

Youtube Video by Eric Preston
Savannah Sparrow


Western Meadowlark
�Neal Zaun
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Northern Flicker
�Neal Zaun
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American Avocet
�Steve Frye
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Swainson's Hawk
�Clark Anderson
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