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   

 

September 28, 2013   Sunny and breezy. 60�F. 4-12 mph.
                                                6 participants.

binoculars and child

We headed to Rabbit Mountain today in search of raptors. Weather conditions were perfect for Rabbit Mountain raptor viewing - north wind to drive the birds
down and cut off the thermals to keep them low. That was my opinion, but the birds must have thought differently. We did see some, but not as many as I was hopeful about. Anyway, there is still not much wrong with hiking up Rabbit Mountain on a beautiful fall day!

View our Saturday, September 28, 2013 Bird Walk

Lagerman Reservoir:  
Sep 28, 2013 7:45 AM - 8:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
22 species

Canada Goose  40
Mallard  1
Eared Grebe  14
Western Grebe  2
Double-crested Cormorant  1
American White Pelican  3
Great Blue Heron  1
Bald Eagle  2
Killdeer  6
Ring-billed Gull  3
Rock Pigeon  2
Mourning Dove  1
American Kestrel  1
Prairie Falcon  1
Black-billed Magpie  4
Horned Lark  16
Barn Swallow  2
European Starling  10
American Pipit  4
Red-winged Blackbird  8
Western Meadowlark  6
Brewer's Blackbird  4

Rabbit Mountain:
Sep 28, 2013 9:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
24 species

American White Pelican   20
Turkey Vulture  12
Golden Eagle  2
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Northern Flicker  1
American Kestrel  4
Blue Jay  1
Western Scrub-Jay  1
Black-billed Magpie  1
Clark's Nutcracker   2
Common Raven  2
Barn Swallow  2
Bushtit  2
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
Mountain Bluebird  2
Townsend's Solitaire  2
American Pipit  1
Orange-crowned Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
Spotted Towhee  8
Chipping Sparrow  4
White-crowned Sparrow  1
Western Meadowlark  2
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Total species seen:  41
 
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
September 28, 2013 Saturday Bird Walk

American Kestrel
�Steve Frye
American Kestrel
  Up on Rabbit Mountain the kestrels were swirling around as we hiked up and down. They were active; seeming to be engaging in some pair bonding as one would fly off followed shortly by the other. They would then perch near each other for a brief time before repeating the whole process.


Cornell Lab of Ornithology,
All About Birds
  American Kestrel  

BirdFellow

American Kestrel

Youtube Video
by Migration Productions
American Kestrel


 
American Pipit
Carolyn Beach
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Spotted Towhee
�Carolyn Beach
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Bald Eagles
Steve Frye
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