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 2, 2013   Sunny and crisp. 45�F. 2-6 mph.
                                            14 participants.

binoculars and child

Today was our traditional Look for Loons Walk which we do in the beginning of November each year. We did have great scope views of a common loon this morning, but it was overshadowed by some other birds. (See slide show) Get out and see some of our great water birds this month before the lakes freeze!

View our Saturday, November 2, 2013 Bird Walk SLIDE SHOW
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McIntosh Reservoir:  

Nov 2, 2013 8:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
32 species

American Wigeon  20
Mallard  10
Northern Shoveler  20
Northern Pintail  1
Ring-necked Duck  6, we found a ring-neck wing under the eagle perch.
Hooded Merganser  8
Common Merganser  2
Ruddy Duck  13
Common Loon  1
Pied-billed Grebe  2
Horned Grebe  10
Eared Grebe  6
Western Grebe  100
Great Blue Heron  3
Northern Harrier  1, see Bird of the Day
Cooper's Hawk  1
Bald Eagle  3, we watched one catch a fish
American Coot  40
Ring-billed Gull  100
Eurasian Collared-Dove  6
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)  6
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  40
Townsend's Solitaire  1
American Robin  2
European Starling  8
Song Sparrow  1
Dark-eyed Junco  6
Red-winged Blackbird  4
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  4
House Sparrow  2

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Total species seen:  32
 
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 2, 2013 Saturday Bird Walk

Northern Harrier
�Steve Frye
Northern Harrier
 An immature Northern Harrier was actively hunting in the marsh just west of the dam on McIntosh Reservoir. We were up on the dam looking down at this bird.
It's a very interesting perspective to be above a flying bird. Listen to its hairy woodpecker-like call on one of the links below.


Cornell Lab of Ornithology,
All About Birds
 
Northern Flicker
�Carolyn Beach
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Bald Eagle
�Steve Frye
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