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   

 

August 31, 2013  Partly cloudy and a little cooler. 7 participants.
binoculars and child


Bill Eeds led the "walk" this morning. Bill tried doing something a little different than our usual walk by having everyone participate in a "big sit". A big sit is where you stay stationary and let the birds come to you. It can be a great method for seeing things you don't see when you bird watch by moving (and disturbing as you go) through an environment. Thanks Bill..


View our Saturday, August 31, 2013 Bird Walk


Buckingham Park:  
Aug Aug 31, 2013 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Protocol: Stationary
17 species

Great Blue Heron  1
Golden Eagle  1
Rock Pigeon   10
Mourning Dove  3
Broad-tailed Hummingbird  2
Northern Flicker  2
American Kestrel  2, One bird carrying prey, then perched, eating it's meal.
Peregrine Falcon  1
Steller's Jay  3
Blue Jay  1, See Bird of the Day
Black-billed Magpie  1
Clark's Nutcracker  1
American Crow  2
Common Raven  1
Black-capped Chickadee  1
American Robin  2
Spotted Towhee  1
House Finch  3

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Total species seen:  !7
 
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
August 31, 2013 Saturday Bird Walk

Blue Jay
 �Steve Frye
 
Blue Jay
  The Bird of the Day was chosen this week not so much for its rarity or abundance, but for its plumage. The blue jay seen on the walk this morning had molted all of its head feathers and appears rather bizarre.  Many blue jays molt all of their head feathers in the late summer and early fall in this way. I refer to them as vulturine jays when they are in this state. I have heard many theories about this molt strategy ranging from disease, infestation, to that's just the way some jays molt. I really don't know which is correct. For me, it just looks cooler and that is enough in these dog days of summer.

Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds  
Blue Jay    

Birdfellow     
Blue Jay    

Youtube Video by
James Knott
Blue Jay - HD Mini-Documentary

Blue Jay (molting)
�Carolyn Beach
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  Steller's Jay  
�Carolyn Beach          
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