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April 12, 2014
Cloudy and pleasant. 55�F. 2-8 mph. 15 participants.
binoculars and child

I have been looking for bluebirds for weeks now, but we never seemed to get the large flocks migrating through the plains this year. Therefore, we went looking for them today up in their mountain meadow nesting areas and found them. Watch the slide show for images from today.

P.S. Happy Anniversary Julie!

View our Saturday, April 12, 2014 Bird Walk SLIDE SHOW
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Betasso Preserve:
Apr 12, 2014 7:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
18 species

Wild Turkey  2
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  4
American Kestrel  2
Steller's Jay  1

Black-billed Magpie  1
American Crow  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Pygmy Nuthatch  10
Western Bluebird  4
Mountain Bluebird  4, see Bird of the Day
Townsend's Solitaire  2
American Robin  2
Chipping Sparrow  6
Dark-eyed Junco  2
House Finch  1
Cassin's Finch  2
Red Crossbill  1
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Total species seen:  18
 
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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--Thanks, Steve   

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Bird of the Day
April 12, 2014
Saturday Bird Walk

Mountain Bluebird
�Neal Zaun  
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Mountain Bluebird  
  American Indians call the mountain bluebird the bird that wears the sky on its back. When you get the geometry between you, the sun, and a mountain bluebird just right they flash powder blue like they have an internal light shining out. Betasso Preserve is a great place to see bluebirds because it has both western and mountain bluebirds nesting.  

Cornell Lab of Ornithology,
All About Birds    

BirdFellow
Mountain Bluebird

Youtube Video by johnfredeen 

Boulder Bacyards Newsletter Archive (March 2009)
by Steve Frye
The Bird That Wears the Sky
On Its Back

Journal of Avian Biology
by Susan L. Balenger, L. Scott Johnson, Herman L. Mays Jr. and Brian S. Masters
Extra-pair paternity in the socially monogamous mountain bluebird Sialia currucoides) and its effect on the potential for sexual selection

Journal of Avian Biology
by L. Scott Johnson, Jessica L. Brubaker, Emilene Ostlind, and Susan L. Balenger
Effect of altitude on male parental expenditure in Mountain Bluebirds (Sialia currucoides): are higher-altitude males moreattentive fathers?


Western Bluebird
�Neal Zaun
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American Kestrel
�Steve Frye
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