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   

 

December 21, 2013.  Mostly cloudy and cold. 20�F. 2-6 mph.
                                               6 Participants.
binoculars and child

We climbed up to the red rocks in Settler's Park to try and catch the sun on this shortest day of the year. Thanks to my intrepid birders for enduring the
sometimes perilous climb. Happy Holidays to all! Enjoy the birds in this coming year.


View our Saturday, December 14, 2013 Bird Walk SLIDE SHOW
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Eben Fine Park & Boulder Creek:  
Dec 21, 2013 7:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
15 species (+1 other taxa)

Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  3
    Northern Flicker (intergrade)  1
Steller's Jay  8
Black-billed Magpie  4
Common Raven  4
Black-capped Chickadee  8, see Bird of the Day
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  3
Pygmy Nuthatch  6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Townsend's Solitaire  1
American Robin  4
Spotted Towhee  1
House Finch  2
Lesser Goldfinch  1

Colorado University campus--Confluence Ponds:
Dec 21, 2013 9:15 AM - 9:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
13 species

Canada Goose  1
Gadwall  1
Mallard  4
Northern Shoveler  14
Ring-necked Duck  10
American Coot  4
Northern Flicker  1
Black-billed Magpie  4
American Crow  3
Common Raven  4
Black-capped Chickadee  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Dark-eyed Junco  2
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Total species seen:  23
 
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
December 21, 2013 Saturday Bird Walk

Black-Capped Chickadee
�Steve Frye 
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Black-Capped Chickadee    
  While walking along Boulder Creek we encountered an exuberant chickadee mixed-flock. They surrounded us with their constant chatter which was very inviting on this chilly and dark day. In this same flock we saw the kinglet and a nuthatch. Always check chickadee flocks in the winter because they often contain other species like creepers and kinglets.

Cornell Lab of Ornithology,
All About Birds
Black-Capped Chickadee

BirdFellow
Black-Capped Chickadee

Youtube Video
by James Knott    
Black-Capped ChickadeeHD Mini-Documentary

Ring-Necked Ducks
�Steve Frye
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