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   

 

January 18, 2014.   Sunny and warm. 50�F. 0-3 mph.
                                           5 participants..
binoculars and child

A beautiful morning. We saw lots of raptors and waterfowl, but not a lot else. Very typical of a warm January morning. It was so pleasant, in fact, that both the hooded mergansers and the mallards were engaging in courtship behaviors.


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Valmont Reservoir Complex:
Jan 18, 2014 7:45 AM - 8:30 AM
Protocol: Stationary
22 species

Cackling Goose  100
Canada Goose  300
Tundra Swan  1
Mallard  200
Northern Pintail  4
Redhead  2
Ring-necked Duck  40
Hooded Merganser  20, see Bird of the Day
Common Merganser  150
Red-breasted Merganser  20
Pied-billed Grebe  1
Western Grebe  40
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Great Blue Heron  2
Bald Eagle  1
American Coot  100
Ring-billed Gull  1
Rock Pigeon  4
Eurasian Collared-Dove  2
Black-billed Magpie  7
Common Raven  1
European Starling  20

Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat:  
Jan 18, 2014 8:40 AM - 9:10 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
11 species

Canada Goose  80
Ring-necked Duck  6
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Ring-billed Gull  20
American Kestrel  1
Prairie Falcon  1
Song Sparrow  2
Red-winged Blackbird  30
House Finch  10
American Goldfinch  4
House Sparrow  12

Boulder Reservoir complex:
Jan 18, 2014 9:40 AM - 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
15 species

Canada Goose  20
Mallard  30
Common Goldeneye  1
Hooded Merganser  8, see Bird of the Day
Common Merganser  2
Northern Harrier  1
Bald Eagle  3, one trying to catch a lone goose
Red-tailed Hawk  3
Ferruginous Hawk  1
Rough-legged Hawk  1
American Kestrel  6
Prairie Falcon  1
Townsend's Solitaire  1
European Starling  20
Red-winged Blackbird  10
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Total species seen:  35
 
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
January 18, 2014
Saturday Bird Walk

Hooded Mergansers
�Steve Frye  
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Hooded Merganser   
  I think that hooded mergansers are one of the most beautiful birds. That chestnut offset by the black and white-very classy. We had several males displaying at Boulder Reservoir by throwing their heads back, bobbing them up and down, and making short runs at each other.

Cornell Lab of Ornithology,
All About Birds
Hooded Merganser

BirdFellow
Hooded Merganser

Youtube Video
by Birdchick   
Hooded Mergansers

Youtube Video 
by Alex Galt   
Courtship at Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge.mpg


Moon Over the Front Range
�Steve Frye
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Prairie Falcon
�Steve Frye
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