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Saturday Bird Walk − Bird Count − November 19, 2016
Sunny and mild. 50°F. 2-6 mph. 13 participants.

Cooper's Hawk  ©Kevin Rutherford

You never know what you'll find when you go out birding. That's a big part of the fun! Today we went to a delightful small park I had never been to and we found a stand of hawthorns nearby in a commercial area which was a buzz with robins and house finches. Beautiful.
      
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Bird of the Day
Belted Kingfisher − 
Megaceryle alcyon

  
Rarely, do we have a chance to look at a kingfisher at a reasonable distance for a long time,
 Belted Kingfisher ©Eileen Rutherford
but that's what we had today. This kingfisher was certainly habituated to people. Still, they are never very approachable, so it was nice to look at this one for a while.


Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds:
 
Birdfellow:  Belted Kingfisher
 
Flickriver:  Belted Kingfisher 

Youtube Video by Sparky Stensaas:  Belted Kingfisher HD720
Bird Count: Saturday, November 19, 2016
  
 
Baseline Reservoir,
Boulder, CO-US
Nov 19, 2016 
American Robin  ©Steve Frye  
2016 7:40 AM - 7:50 AM
Protocol: Stationary
11 species

Canada Goose 20
Mallard 6
Common Goldeneye 8
Hooded Merganser 2
Common Merganser 8
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Ring-Billed Gull  ©Kevin Rutherford

American Coot 1
Ring-billed Gull 6
Blue Jay 1
American Robin 1
 
 
Waneka Lake and Greenlee Preserve, Boulder, Colorado, US
Nov 19, 2016 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
26 species
Common Mergansers  ©Steve Frye  


Canada Goose 30
Cackling Goose 20
Mallard 8
Common Goldeneye 4
Common Merganser 23
Red-breasted Merganser 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Cooper's Hawk 1, trying to get some feeder birds at a nearby house
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Killdeer 6
Ring-billed Gull 30
Hooded Merganser, American Wigeon, Mallard and Redhead
©Steve Frye


Eurasian Collared-Dove 8
Belted Kingfisher 1, see Bird of the Day
Northern Flicker 2
American Kestrel 1, diving on a red-tailed hawk
Blue Jay 2
Black-billed Magpie 1
American Crow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 2
American Robin 2
European Starling 10
American Tree Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 10
House Finch 4
House Finch  ©Steve Frye

House Sparrow 6
 
 
Hecla Lake, Boulder, Colorado, US
Nov 19, 2016 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
23 species (+1 other taxa)

Gadwall 1
American Wigeon 30
Mallard 10
Ring-Necked Ducks and American Wigeon  ©Kevin Rutherford

Redhead 3
Ring-necked Duck 16
Bufflehead 3
Hooded Merganser 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Ring-billed Gull 6
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 20
Mourning Dove 3
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay 1
Black-billed Magpie 1
Black-capped Chickadee 2
American Robin 20
European Starling 4
Redhead and American Wigeon
©Steve Frye
Dark-eyed Junco 2
     Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 1 Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 3
House Finch 6
American Goldfinch 2
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Total species seen: 38 
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