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Saturday, August 9, 2014

Sunny and warm. 70�F. 2-6 mph. 8 participants.

We had great activity up on Rabbit this morning for later in the summer. As we drove to Rabbit Mountain, the fences were loaded with western kingbirds. It may be related to the great number of grasshoppers out there!

View our Regular Saturday, August 9, 2014 Bird Walk

Slide Show

Rabbit Mountain:
Aug 9, 2014 7:50 AM - 10:20 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
28 species (+1 other taxa)

Turkey Vulture 1
Red-tailed Hawk 4, a couple driven off be the kestrels. See slide show
Mourning Dove 8
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 1
Northern Flicker 1
American Kestrel 12, see Bird of the Day
Empidonax sp. 1
Western Kingbird 40, Migration or aggregation because of high grasshopper numbers?
Black-billed Magpie 2
Barn Swallow 12
Cliff Swallow 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Rock Wren 4
Canyon Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Sage Thrasher 4
European Starling 20
Yellow-breasted Chat 3
Spotted Towhee 6
Chipping Sparrow 6
Vesper Sparrow 6
Lark Sparrow 20
Blue Grosbeak 5
Lazuli Bunting 4
Western Meadowlark 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 1, Young one with streaked chest and stomach. Hanging around a western kingbird family (possible hosts?).
Bullock's Oriole 2
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 1

Total species seen: 28

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.

Every Saturday Morning

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

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1641 - 28th St., Boulder, CO 80301

(303) 442-1322

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--Thanks, Steve

Wild Bird Center of Boulder, CO

AUGUST 9, 2014

Wild Bird Center

Boulder, Colorado

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Bird of the Day
August 9, 2014
Saturday Bird Walk

American Kestrel

�Steve Frye

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American Kestrel

I couldn't believe the number of kestrels all hanging out around the ridge of Rabbit Mountain. They were all swooping around, chasing each other and harassing the magpies and red-tails--acting like teenagers. These birds must have been an assemblage of at least two families. Very active and fun to watch.

Cornell Lab of Ornithology,
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American Kestrel

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American Kestrel

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Ranger Bob Nature Nugget - American Kestrel