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 21, 2013   September 21, 2013. Sunny and Fall-Like. 60�F. 2-5 mph. 10 participants.
binoculars and child


The flood waters are receding, but many creeks are still over their banks. We spent some time along South Boulder Creek this morning and it is running fast and overflowing. Many of the usual birds were not around like song sparrows and downy woodpeckers. Was it the flooding or just coincidence?

Note: Next week (Sept 28) we will have our annual Raptor Watch during the Saturday Bird Walk Time. We will be travelling to Rabbit Mountain where we will sit and let the raptors fly over. Meet by 7:30 am at the Wild Bird Center to carpool or meet us about 7:50 at Rabbit Mountain. If Open Space is still closed next Saturday, I will email a new plan on Friday.

View our Saturday, September 21, 2013 Bird Walk 
SLIDE SHOW

Centennial Trail:  
Sep 21, 2013 7:45 AM - 8:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
15 species

Canada Goose  20
Mourning Dove  3
Belted Kingfisher  1
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)  3
Blue Jay  6, caching peanuts
Black-billed Magpie  1
American Crow  1
Black-capped Chickadee  4
American Robin  1
European Starling  6
Dark-eyed Junco (Gray-headed)  1
Common Grackle  4
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  2
House Sparrow  2

Sombrero Marsh & Pond:
Sep 21, 2013 8:50 AM - 9:35 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
19 species

Gadwall  1
American Wigeon  16
Mallard  6
Northern Shoveler  10
Pied-billed Grebe  1
American Coot  80
Eurasian Collared-Dove  1
Blue Jay  1
American Crow  1
Black-capped Chickadee  2
American Robin  2
European Starling  4
Orange-crowned Warbler  2, see Bird of the Day
White-crowned Sparrow  1
Red-winged Blackbird  30
House Finch  2
Lesser Goldfinch  1
American Goldfinch  2
House Sparrow  3

Stazio Ball Fields:
Sep 21, 2013 9:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.75 mile(s)
12 species

Canada Goose  12
Turkey Vulture  5
Rock Pigeon  8
Mourning Dove  1
American Kestrel  1
Prairie Falcon  1
Black-billed Magpie  3
Black-capped Chickadee  2
European Starling  60
Yellow-rumped Warbler  6
American Goldfinch  6
Lesser Goldfinch   5
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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
September 21, 2013 Saturday Bird Walk

Orange-Crowned Warbler
Painting by Louis Agassiz Fuertes 
Orange-Crowned Warbler
  Pete Dunne calls the orange-crowned warbler the "knee-high warbler" for its habit of foraging so close to the ground in dense underbrush. The pair we saw this
morning was not knee-high, but they were moving around in the densest part of the tree. This made for some poor photographic opportunities so one of our Bird of the Day images is an orange-crowned warbler painting by the famous Louis Agassiz Fuertes. The birds did show themselves long enough for us to identify and enjoy them.

Cornell Lab of Ornithology,
All About Birds
Youtube Video by
 Peter G. Merritt
Orange-Crowned Warbler Showing Its Orange Crown

Eclipse Drake Mallard
�Carolyn Beach
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Woodlouse Spider
�Steve Frye
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