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Saturday Bird Walk − Bird Count − October 8, 2016
Sunny and mild. 60°F. 2-10 mph. 13 participants.
 
Blue Jay ©Kevin Rutherford
Things are drying up. All of the reservoirs and ponds we visited this morning are way down on water. Sombrero Marsh was completely dry. The only duck we saw there was a mallard flying by. Hopefully, we'll have a little moisture to help fill the ponds in the near future.

 
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Bird of the Day
Song Sparrow − Melospiza melodia

The song sparrows were out in all three places we visited this morning. Often overlooked
Song Sparrow ©Kevin Rutherford
because of their secrecy and muted colors, the song sparrow is fascinating to watch and a good bird to learn if you want to start tackling the sparrows. Sparrows can be divided about in half by whether they have a streaked breast or not. Song sparrows show heavy streaking on their chest which often coalesce into a spot in the middle. Also, look for the heavy malar stripe coming down from the beak and the gray and rust striped head

Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds:
 
Birdfellow:  Song Sparrow
 
Flickriver:  Song Sparrow

Youtube Video by WBCBoulderCO:  Wild Bird Company - Northern Flicker Pair Displaying
Bird Count: Saturday, October 8, 2016
  
 
Sombrero Marsh & Pond, Boulder, CO-US
Oct 8, 2016 
Great Blue Herons ©Neal Zaun
7:45 AM - 8:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
20 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose 30
Mallard 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3
Eurasian Collared-Dove 5
Northern Flicker 1
American Kestrel 1
Blue Jay 1
American White Pelicans and  Double-Crested Cormorant
©Eileen Rutherford

Black-billed Magpie 2
Black-capped Chickadee 2
American Robin 2
European Starling 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6
     Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2
Song Sparrow 2, see Bird of the Day
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Western Meadowlark 1
Common Grackle 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
House Finch 10
Lesser Goldfinch 2
American Goldfinch 1
 
 
Boulder Creek--75th St., Boulder, Colorado, US
Oct 8, 2016 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
American Wigeon ©Kevin Rutherford

Protocol: Traveling
1.25 mile(s)
23 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose 20
Wood Duck 2
Mallard 8
Great Blue Heron 1
Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 150
Eurasian Collared-Dove 7
Belted Kingfisher 1
Northern Flicker 4, one pair displaying. See video and slide show.
Blue Jay 2
Northern Flickers ©Neal Zaun

Black-billed Magpie 2
Black-capped Chickadee 12
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
American Robin 2
European Starling 4
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 8
White-crowned Sparrow 10
Song Sparrow 4, see Bird of the Day
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Common Grackle 2
House Finch 8
American Goldfinch 2
 
 
Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat, Boulder, Colorado, US
Oct 8, 2016 9:50 AM - 10:50 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.25 mile(s)
28 species

Canada Goose 30
Wood Duck 5
Gadwall 20
White-Crowned Sparrow
©Kevin Rutherford

American Wigeon 40
Mallard 20
Blue-winged Teal 8
Northern Shoveler 2
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 7
American White Pelican 14
Great Blue Heron 4, two in a dispute, presumably over territory. See slide show.
Snowy Egret 1
Sora 0, Thought I might have heard one on the boardwalk.
Killdeer 10
Least Sandpiper 1
Wilson's Snipe 8
Ring-billed Gull 40
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 8
Belted Kingfisher 2
Blue Jay 2
European Starling ©Kevin Rutherford

Black-billed Magpie 2
Black-capped Chickadee 2
American Robin 2
European Starling 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Song Sparrow 2, see Bird of the Day
Red-winged Blackbird 4
House Finch 6
American Goldfinch 8






Channel Catfish ©Steve Frye

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Total species seen: 43 
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Golden Currant ©Eileen Rutherford


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Walden Ponds ©Eileen Rutherford
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