Wild Bird Center Saturday Bird Walks
birders
Every Saturday Morning

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

    Meet at Wild Bird Center of Boulder

      1641 - 28th St., Boulder, CO 80301 

       (303) 442-1322   

 

Every Saturday year-round. No reservations required.  Every last Saturday of the month we travel further afield than normal and return a little later.  Bird Walk locations are determined on the morning of the walk.All ages and birding abilities are welcome!

 

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  --Thanks, Steve   

 

November 9, 2013   Partly cloudy and pleasant. 55�F. 2-6 mph.
                                          12 participants.
binoculars and child

We started off the morning looking for a rarity and were soon joined by the Boulder Bird Club. It was a party-like atmosphere and everyone got to see the beautiful rare bird. Then it was off to see waterfowl at Walden and Sawhill Ponds. Still a great time of the year to be looking for waterfowl, gulls, and raptors.

View our Saturday, November 9, 2013 Bird Walk SLIDE SHOW
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Center Green Dr., Boulder:  
Nov 9, 2013 7:45 AM - 8:30 AM
Protocol: Stationary
2 species

Brown Creeper  1
Bay-breasted Warbler  1, see Bird of the Day    

Walden & Sawhill Ponds:
Nov 9, 2013 8:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.25 mile(s)
26 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  10
Wood Duck  1
Gadwall  80
American Wigeon  20
Mallard  10
Northern Shoveler  20
Northern Pintail  1
Redhead  4
Ring-necked Duck  6
Bufflehead  7
Common Goldeneye  1
Pied-billed Grebe  4
Red-tailed Hawk  4
Red-tailed Hawk (Harlan's)  1
American Coot  20
Ring-billed Gull  80
Rock Pigeon  20
Belted Kingfisher  2
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)  2
Blue Jay  2
Black-billed Magpie  4
Common Raven  2
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Song Sparrow  6
Red-winged Blackbird  1
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  2

Wild Bird Center:
Nov 9, 2013 11:00 AM
4 species

Cooper's Hawk  1
Rock Pigeon  30
House Finch  8
House Sparrow  20
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Total species seen:  30
 
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
November 9, 2013 Saturday Bird Walk

Bay-Breasted Warbler
�Edie Israel
Bay-Breasted Warbler
 If you watch the slide show you'll see that there was quite a crowd gathered to see this bird. It has not been seen in Boulder in November since 1978. A sharp
birder found this bird a few days ago and it has spent all its time in one tree. Hopefully, it is finding what it needs to continue its journey south. It appears to be a young male bay-breasted in its basic plumage, but controversy almost always surrounds rare fall warbler identification because of its inherent difficulty. Some believe this to be a pine warbler.


Cornell Lab of Ornithology,
All About Birds
 
Red_Winged Blackbird
�Carolyn Beach
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Northern Pintail
�Steve Frye
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