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   

 

February 1, 2014.   Snowing and breezy. 22�F. 4-15 mph.
                                           3 participants.

binoculars and child

We had a first for the bird walks today - we went into the ditch! Yes, never before in the last 25 years have we gotten stuck in the snow. I pulled the car over too far along the dirt road around Boulder Reservoir to scan for birds. When we started back up, the car was sucked into the ditch. We weren't there too long thanks to some runners that helped push us out. Check out the slide show to see images of our snowy "walk".

View our Saturday, February 1, 2014 Bird Walk SLIDE SHOW
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Boulder Reservoir:

Feb 1, 2014 7:45 AM - 8:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 mile(s)
12 species

Canada Goose  80
Northern Harrier  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Rough-legged Hawk  2
Belted Kingfisher  1
Northern Flicker  1
American Kestrel  2
Black-billed Magpie  4
American Crow  5
American Robin  1
European Starling  10
Red-winged Blackbird  50

Dodd Reservoir:
Feb 1, 2014 8:45 AM - 9:05 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
5 species

Northern Shoveler  30
Common Merganser  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Eurasian Collared-Dove  20
Black-billed Magpie  1

Lagerman Reservoir:
Feb 1, 2014 9:15 AM - 9:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
7 species

Canada Goose  30
Northern Harrier  1
Bald Eagle  9
Rough-legged Hawk  1
American Kestrel  1
Black-billed Magpie  2
American Tree Sparrow  20, see Bird of the Day
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Total species seen:  17
 
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
February 1, 2014
Saturday
Bird Walk

American Tree Sparrow 
�Steve Frye    
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American Tree Sparrow     
  We saw a lot of great snowy scenes today, but one of our most memorable was a flock of American Tree Sparrows nervously flying back and forth along a fence line at the entrance to Lagerman Reservoir. They appeared to be very hungry and were frantically digging in the snow and feeding from on the grasses and sunflowers. One of my favorite winter sparrows.

Cornell Lab of Ornithology,
All About Birds
American Tree Sparrows
in Winter

Coyote

�Steve Frye
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Canada Geese

�Steve Frye
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Car in Ditch
Steve Frye
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