Wild Bird Center Saturday Bird Walks
Click to Join Our Bird Walk List or Newsletter List!
(1) You can Sign Up for our "Saturday Bird Walks List" to receive information and results from our Bird Walks, or (2) Sign Up to receive our regular eNewsletters.
Note: The "Bird Walk" list is separate from our "Monthly eNewsletter" list. You can indicate your preferences if you would like to receive one or both. See the "Every Saturday Morning" article below for details on participating in our Bird Walks. 

Saturday, October 25, 2014
Sunny and warm. 60�F. 0-3 mph. 19 participants.
binoculars and child
 
We visited some of our usual haunts on this Saturday before Halloween. While bird watching in the cemetery we found something creepy. All of this warm weather does not make it seem like the end of October. We spotted another sulphur butterfly this morning and there were quite a few insects still buzzing around (see them around the red-tailed hawk in the slide show).

View our Regular Saturday, October 25, 2014 Bird Walk 
Green Mountain Cemetery:
Oct 25, 2014 7:45 AM - 9:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
20 species

Broad-winged Hawk  1, Brief view flying. Bird showed extensive rufous
streaking on chest/belly with a more solid chest. Wings bordered in black.
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  8
Eurasian Collared-Dove  2
Mourning Dove  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)  3
Blue Jay  2
Black-billed Magpie  3
American Crow  1
Common Raven  1
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Mountain Chickadee  4
Red-breasted Nuthatch  6
Brown Creeper  2, very creepy
Townsend's Solitaire  1
American Robin  3
European Starling  20
Dark-eyed Junco  4
House Finch  6

Sombrer Marsh:  
Oct 25, 2014 9:10 AM - 9:50 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
18 species

Gadwall  30
American Wigeon  30
Mallard  2
Northern Shoveler  20
Redhead  4
Ring-necked Duck  30
Bufflehead  4
Pied-billed Grebe  1
Great Blue Heron  1
American Coot  40
Killdeer  3
Black-capped Chickadee  4
European Starling  4
Song Sparrow  3
Dark-eyed Junco  2
Red-winged Blackbird  10
House Finch  4
House Sparrow  1

Community Presbyterian Pond:   
Oct 25, 2014 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Protocol: Stationary
4 species

Canada Goose  20
Gadwall  14
Mallard  8
Red-Tailed Hawk 1  

 

Total species seen:  36
 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.
birders
Every Saturday Morning

  - From 7:30 a.m. (promptly) to 10 am -

    Meet at Wild Bird Center of Boulder

      1641 - 28th St., Boulder, CO 80301 

       (303) 442-1322   

 

Every Saturday year-round. No reservations required.  Every last Saturday of the month we travel further afield than normal and return a little later.  Bird Walk locations are determined on the morning of the walk.All ages and birding abilities are welcome!

 

To Sign Up for our "Saturday Bird Walks" List or "Monthly eNewsletter" List
simply Click Here.  (Note: The "Saturday Bird Walks" list is a separate list from our "Monthly eNewsletters." You can update your preferences to receive one or both.) 

 

--Thanks, Steve   

Wild Bird Center of Boulder, CO                  Like us on Facebook   View our videos on YouTube
OCTOBER 25, 2014
Wild Bird Center
Boulder, Colorado

Like us on Facebook   View our videos on YouTube
Quick Links

Bird of the Day
October 25, 2014
Saturday Bird Walk
 
Red-Tailed Hawk   
�Steve Frye 
Click to Enlarge  
 
Red-Tailed Hawk    

Today, we went with the biggest show off. We had two red-tails at two different locations which both posed for us. Other birds of note were brown creeper and red-breasted nuthatch, but in the end it was the red-tail that I remember most about this walk.  

  

Cornell Lab of Ornithology,
All About Birds    
 Red-Tailed Hawk      

BirdFellow
Red-Tailed Hawk

Youtube Video by nwwmark  
Red Tailed Hawk Juvenile Learning to Hunt


Northern Flicker on Headstone  
�Steve Frye
Click to Enlarge
 

Downy Woodpecker  
�Kevin Rutherford
Click to Enlarge

Brown Creeper
�Jane Baryames   
Click to Enlarge 
   
Red-Breasted Nuthatch 
�Kevin Rutherford
Click to Enlarge


Mourning Dove and Eurasian Collared-Doves
�Steve Frye
Click to Enlarge 

Product Special
Coupon
$4.00 Off 20-Pound Bag of Sunflower Chips

Finches at Feeder
 
Sunflower Chips  


 The best all-around

bird food

(and the cleanest!)  

 
Call and mention this Coupon or visit our store  to redeem
303.442.1322.
Not to be combined
with other offers.
     Expires 11/15/14