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Saturday Bird Walk − Bird Count − October 29, 2016
Partly cloudy, warm and breezy. 65°F. 4-15 mph. 17 participants.
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Roger's Road West
©Steve Frye
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Sometimes to elicit some appreciation from my kids, I will point out the clouds. "Hey kids, look at the clouds-aren't they dramatic". "Yes, very dramatic", in a kind of monotone response is all that my inquiries usually elicit. However, now my kids like to poke fun at me by pointing out, "Hey dad, look at the clouds, sooo dramatic". Hopefully, in all the banter, we all are more appreciative. I bring this up only because I think my best images from this morning were not birds, but clouds.
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Bird of the Day
Eastern Bluebird − Sialia sialis
We came across a small flock of Eastern Bluebirds this morning on N 51st St near the bison paddock. They were far off which made identification more difficult, but we could distinguish
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Eastern Bluebird ©Neal Zaun
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them from their close cousins the western bluebirds. Male eastern bluebirds have white bellies whereas westerns have gray or blue bellies. Also, the birds we were seeing had brown on their throats, indicating eastern bluebirds. Male western bluebirds have blue throats. While color may not be a particularly good field mark to base your identification on, especially with structurally produced blue colors, the birds we were seeing exhibited sky blue backs consistent with eastern bluebirds. I think of the blue on western bluebirds as very dark, sometimes a bit purple.
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Bird Count: Saturday, October 29, 2016
Green Mountain Cemetery, Boulder, CO-US
Oct 29,
2016
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Downy Woodpecker ©Neal Zaun
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7:45 AM - 8:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
14 species
Mallard 2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
Eurasian Collared-Dove 1
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 4
Black-billed Magpie 4
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 5
Mountain Chickadee 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
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Red-Tailed Hawks ©Kevin Rutherford
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Brown Creeper 1
American Robin 2
European Starling 8
Dark-eyed Junco 3
House Finch 6
Ryssby Church and Cemetery, Boulder, Colorado, US
Oct 29, 2016 8:45 AM - 9:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
12 species
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Ferruginous Hawk 2
Eurasian Collared-Dove 1
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Northern Flicker ©Steve Frye
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American Kestrel 2
Black-billed Magpie 2
Common Raven 2
Black-capped Chickadee 2
American Robin 4
European Starling 20
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Red-winged Blackbird 1
House Finch 2
Rogers Rd West, Boulder, Colorado, US
Oct 29, 2016 9:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
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Brown Creeper ©Kevin Rutherford
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2.0 mile(s)
11 species
Red-tailed Hawk 4
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 60
Eurasian Collared-Dove 1
American Kestrel 1
Black-billed Magpie 2
Eastern Bluebird 6
Mountain Bluebird 2
American Robin 2
European Starling 10
Western Meadowlark 1
House Finch 2
Lyons Cemetery, Boulder, Colorado, US
Oct 29, 2016 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
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Ferruginous Hawk
©Kevin Rutherford
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Protocol: Traveling
0.4 mile(s)
14 species
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 2
Blue Jay 2
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay 1
Black-billed Magpie 2
Common Raven 1
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Canyon Wren 1
Townsend's Solitaire 2
American Robin 2
European Starling 4
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Bison ©Neal Zaun
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Dark-eyed Junco 4
House Finch 6
American Goldfinch 1
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Total species seen: 28
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Resources and Quick Links
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Green Mountain Cemetery
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Saturday Birders ©Neal Zaun
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Meet for Sat Morning Bird Walks
From 7:30 am (promptly) to 10 am
Meet at Wild Bird Company
1641 - 28th St., Boulder, CO
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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!
--Thanks, Steve
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