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!

 

To Sign Up for our Saturday Bird Walks List (to receive results from our Bird Walks) or be removed from the Bird Walks list, simply click on the "Join our Bird Walk email list!" button on the  right nav under "QuickLinks".  (Note: The Saturday Bird Walks list is a separate list from our "Monthly eNewsletters" and you will need to update your preferences if you would like to receive both.) 

 

  --Thanks, Steve   

 

January 11, 2014.  Partly cloudy, cool and windy. 35�F.
                                         4-25 mph.  5 participants.
binoculars and child

Everything was hunkered down this morning including us. We went on a mostly driving tour this morning. There were plenty of raptors to be seen, but not much else. I cheated a bit on the slide show because I took a few images of our Bird of the Day on the way home in the afternoon.

Note: I have been doing some spreadsheet work with our bird walks from last year. On the Saturday Morning Walks for 2013, we saw 18,830 birds of
173 different species!

View our Saturday, January 11, 2014 Bird Walk SLIDE SHOW
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Heatherwood Park:
Jan 11, 2014 7:45 AM - 7:55 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
5 species

Snow Goose  1
Canada Goose  1000
Eurasian Collared-Dove  2
Northern Flicker  1
Black-billed Magpie  2

Niwot Loop Trailhead:
 Jan 11, 2014 8:05 AM - 8:25 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.75 mile(s)
7 species

Canada Goose  100
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Rough-legged Hawk  1, see Bird of the Day
Northern Flicker  1
American Crow  1
American Robin  1
European Starling  4

Niwot Cemetery: 
Jan 11, 2014 8:35 AM - 9:20 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.75 mile(s)
6 species

Canada Goose  100
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Rough-legged Hawk  2, one dark morph, see Bird of the Day
American Kestrel  1
Black-billed Magpie  2
European Starling  3

Lagerman Reservoir:
Jan 11, 2014 9:30 AM - 9:50 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
4 species

Northern Harrier  1
Bald Eagle  3
Red-tailed Hawk  1
American Kestrel  1

Boulder Reservoir complex:
Jan 11, 2014 10:00 AM - 10:10 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
2 species

Red-tailed Hawk  2
Black-billed Magpie  1
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Total species seen:  12
 
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 11, 2014
Saturday Bird Walk

Rough-Legged Hawk
�Steve Frye  
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Rough-Legged Hawk  
  In Boulder County over the past 20 years, very few rough-legged hawks have shown up in winter. Some of those years I have not heard of or observed any in the county. This is the result of many factors both human-caused and natural. However, this year is a different story. Rough-legged hawks seem to be all over. Enjoy them while they're here, because this might not happen again for a long time.

Cornell Lab of Ornithology,
All About Birds
Rough-Legged Hawk

BirdFellow
Rough-Legged Hawk

Youtube Video
by rockykairn   
How to ID a Rough-legged Hawk

Red-Tailed-Hawk
�Steve Frye
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Canada Geese
�Steve Frye
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