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 14, 2013.  Bright sun, breezy and chilly. 25�F.
                                               2-15 mph. 6 participants.
binoculars and child

As is our tradition on this weekend, we previewed Scott Severs' Christmas Bird Count Block on the day before the official count. We do this so Scott can look for anything rare that we might see and so that it is included in the count week data.



View our Saturday, December 14, 2013 Bird Walk SLIDE SHOW
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Wild Bird Center:  
Dec 14, 2013 7:30 AM - 7:31 AM
Protocol: Stationary
3 species

Ring-billed Gull  6
American Crow  30, all three species were swirling over a rooftop almost like they were mobbing something
Common Raven  8

Teller Farm & Lakes:
Dec 14, 2013 7:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
22 species

Canada Goose  300
Northern Harrier  1
Red-tailed Hawk  3
Rock Pigeon  60
Eurasian Collared-Dove  10
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)  2
American Kestrel  1
Blue Jay  3
Black-billed Magpie  2
Common Raven  2
Black-capped Chickadee  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
American Robin  1
European Starling  80
American Tree Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  2
White-crowned Sparrow  12
Golden-crowned Sparrow  1, see Bird of the Day
Red-winged Blackbird  10
House Finch  6
American Goldfinch  2
House Sparrow  10
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Total species seen:  24
 
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 14, 2013 Saturday Bird Walk

Golden-Crowned Sparrow
�Steve Frye
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Golden-Crowned Sparrow   
  The golden-crowned sparrow is a rarity here in Colorado, but it was our target bird for the morning. This particular bird has been wintering at Teller Farms for
several years now and was reported again just a few days ago. So we were expecting to see it, even though they are very uncommon this far east.

Cornell Lab of Ornithology,
All About Birds
Golden-Crowned Sparrow

BirdFellow
Golden-Crowned Sparrow

Youtube Video
by naturalist97333   
Golden-Crowned Sparrow

White-Crowned Sparrow
�Carolyn Beach
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American Tree Sparrow
�Steve Frye
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