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May 17, 2014
Mostly cloudy and mild. 60�F. 2-8 mph. 250 participants.
binoculars and child

Today we celebrated International Migratory Bird Day with an event co-sponsored by Environment for the Americas called Walk in the Wild. The event was held at Walden and Sawhill Ponds where we led people on bird walks, had numerous education stations, held an auction, talked about birds, and had treats and shade grown coffee. As you will see from the slide show, a group called Nature's Educators had live birds of prey including a gyrfalcon and a golden eagle. Also in the slide show, look for a picture of a newly planted hackberry tree. This tree was planted on the east side of Cottonwood Marsh with last years' donation from the Wild Bird Center. You can still make a donation to Walk in the Wild from this link boulderbirdday.dojiggy.com.

View our Saturday, May 17, 2014
Bird Walk SLIDE SHOW

Walden & Sawhill Ponds:
May 17, 2014 7:45 AM - 2:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
65 species

Canada Goose  40, many goslings
Gadwall  30
American Wigeon  4
Mallard  6
Blue-winged Teal  12
Cinnamon Teal  4
Northern Shoveler  10
Common Merganser  1
Ruddy Duck  1
Western Grebe  6
Double-crested Cormorant  1
American White Pelican  5
Great Blue Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  3
Osprey  3
Swainson's Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  3
Sora  1
American Coot  8
American Avocet  12
Semipalmated Plover  3
Killdeer  6
Spotted Sandpiper  20
Long-billed Dowitcher  20, see Bird of the Day
Wilson's Phalarope  3
Ring-billed Gull  2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  4
Mourning Dove  6
Broad-tailed Hummingbird  2
Belted Kingfisher  1
Downy Woodpecker  2
American Kestrel  1
Cordilleran Flycatcher  1
Western Kingbird  2
Eastern Kingbird  6
Warbling Vireo  1
Blue Jay  1
Black-billed Magpie  1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  10, the swallows put on quite a show
Tree Swallow  50
Violet-green Swallow  300
Bank Swallow  10
Barn Swallow  100
Cliff Swallow  200
Black-capped Chickadee  1
Marsh Wren  1
American Robin  2
European Starling  2
Common Yellowthroat  2
Yellow Warbler  12
Blackpoll Warbler  1, this would have been Bird of the Day, but everyone had left when I saw it.
Yellow-rumped Warbler  20
Chipping Sparrow  1
Clay-colored Sparrow  1
Brewer's Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  4
White-crowned Sparrow  1
Western Tanager  1
Red-winged Blackbird  40
Yellow-headed Blackbird  1
Common Grackle  10
Brown-headed Cowbird  20
Bullock's Oriole  6
House Finch  1
American Goldfinch  1

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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Bird of the Day
May 17, 2014
Saturday Bird Walk

Long-Billed Dowitchers
�Steve Frye    
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Long-Billed Dowitcher   
The dowitchers were so close to us that the cattails screened them. It wasn't until we walked to the other side of the board walk that we could look at them. This collection of 20 was great to see. Other contenders for the Bird of the Day spotlight included the swallows, hundreds of them concentrated over the water in the cool morning air. Also, the blackpoll warbler, but I saw that alone so it hardly seems right to pick it.

Cornell Lab of Ornithology,
All About Birds    

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Long-Billed Dowitcher

Youtube Video by Eric Preston
Wyoming Wildlife: Birds - Long-Billed Dowitcher


Canada Geese
�Neal Zaun
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Blackpoll Warbler
�Steve Frye
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Nature's Educators
(with Gryfalcon)
�Steve Frye
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Nature's Educators
(with Golden Eagle) 
�Steve Frye
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Walk in the Wild
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