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Saturday Bird Walk − Bird Count − October 15, 2016
Sunny. 10 participants.
 
Oaks (in Minnesota)  ©Steve Frye
My jolly band of birders went without me because I was in Minnesota for a few days celebrating my mother's birthday. It looks like they did a great job and sent many wonderful pictures which you can see in the slide show. I didn't get much time outside in Minnesota, but I also have some images to share in a separate slide show.

                Saturday Bird Walk 
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       Steve's Minnesota Trip Bird Walk
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Rainbow (in Minnesota) ©Steve Frye
Bird of the Day
Solitary Sandpiper - Tringa solitaria


I have no real idea of which bird was really the Bird of the Day, but I picked the solitary
Solitary Sandpiper 
©Kevin Rutherford
because it is one of the rarer things seen on the walk. It is rare only for the time of year. It should have been gone by now. Perhaps the warm fall has been too pleasant to give this bird the hint it should leave.

Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds:
 
Birdfellow:  Solitary Sandpiper
 
Flickriver:  Solitary Sandpiper

Youtube Video by LabofOrnithology: 
Bird Count: Saturday, October 15, 2016
  
 
Walden & Sawhill Ponds Wildlife Habitats, Boulder County, Colorado, US
Date and Effort: Sat Oct 15, 2016 7:51 AM
Belted Kingfisher ©Eileen Rutherford
Protocol: Traveling
Duration: 2 hour(s), 15 minute(s)
Distance: 2.0 mile(s)
 
 
29 species total
Canada Goose, 25
Wood Duck, 11
Gadwall, 8
American Wigeon, 30
Mallard, 6
Blue-winged Teal, 2
Northern Shoveler, 4
Northern Pintail, 3
Green-winged Teal, 3
American White Pelicans and Ring-Billed Gulls  ©Eileen Rutherford

Pied-billed Grebe, 5
Double-crested Cormorant, 6
American White Pelican, 70
Great Blue Heron, 3
Snowy Egret, 1
Killdeer, 6
Wilson's Snipe, 3
Solitary Sandpiper, 1, see Bird of the Day
Greater Yellowlegs, 2
Lesser Yellowlegs, 2
Ring-billed Gull, 61
Belted Kingfisher, 2
Northern Flicker, 3
Blue-Winged Teal
©Kevin Rutherford
Blue Jay, 2
Black-capped Chickadee, 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler, 1
White-crowned Sparrow, 3
Song Sparrow, 2
Red-winged Blackbird, 8
House Finch, 4





Song Sparrow©Eileen Rutherford
















Saturday Birder Kevin ©Lark Latch

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Total species seen: 29 
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Birches at Sunset (in Minnesota)  ©Steve Frye


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Walden Ponds ©Kevin Rutherford
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