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   

 

July 13, 2013    Partly cloudy and "humid". 70�F. 2-6 mph.
                                  12 participants.
binoculars and child

A lovely morning after some much appreciated rain last night. All the parents were out feeding their young this morning, as well as nighthawks still feeding due to the cloud cover.

View our Saturday, July 13, 2013 Bird Walk

Betasso Preserve:    
Jul 13, 2013 7:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
29 species

Mourning Dove  6
Common Nighthawk  8
Broad-tailed Hummingbird  4
Hairy Woodpecker  4, see Bird of the Day
Northern Flicker  2
American Kestrel  1
Western Wood-Pewee  3
Cordilleran Flycatcher  1
Steller's Jay  1
Black-billed Magpie  10
American Crow  1
Common Raven  2
Violet-green Swallow  4
Mountain Chickadee  3
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
Pygmy Nuthatch  4
House Wren  1
Western Bluebird  8
American Robin  1
Spotted Towhee  1
Chipping Sparrow  16, lots of young ones
Vesper Sparrow  3
Dark-eyed Junco  2
Western Tanager  3
Black-headed Grosbeak  1
House Finch  6
Red Crossbill  2
Pine Siskin  4
Lesser Goldfinch  4
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Total species seen:  29
 
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
July 13, 2013 Saturday Bird Walk
Hairy Woodpecker
 �Steve Frye
 
Hairy
     Woodpecker        
As you will see in the slideshow, one of the first things we saw this morning was a very active hairy woodpecker nest with both parents making frequent prey deliveries. The youngster(s) at the nest is(are) just about to fledge. We also saw hairy woodpeckers throughout the walk busily collecting insects. The following youtube video is very similar to what we saw today at Betasso.

Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds  
Hairy Woodpecker

Birdfellow 
Hairy Woodpecker

Youtube Video by
tpr0317
Hairy Woodpeckers 

Boisduval's Blues
 �Mary Lou Kinkelaar 
Click to Enlarge

Vesper Sparrow   
 �Neal Zaun         
 

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