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Saturday Bird Walk & Bird Count − October 7, 2017
Windy and partly cloudy. 45-60°F. 2-30 mph. 9 participants.

Autumn Meadowhawk ©Steve Frye

A very windy start to the morning at Boulder Reservoir! Then to demonstrate the compressibility of gases, there was hardly a puff of breeze when we arrived at Boulder Creek only a few miles away from the Reservoir. A crazy and beautiful fall morning.


            Photographs from October 7, 2017
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Poison Ivy  ©Steve Frye
   
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Cedar Waxwing −
Bombycilla cedrorum

 
  
   
 
We ran into a big flock of mostly immature waxwings feeding in a grove of junipers. However,
Cedar Waxwing ©Steve Frye
they also seemed keenly interested in a grove of cottonwoods too. I expect to see them in junipers for the berries, but the interest in the cottonwoods seemed to be more than just for shelter. I'm not sure what they might be interested in eating in the cottonwoods. Cedar waxwings are largely fruit eaters, but they will eat insects on occasion. Anyway, the flurry of activity between the cottonwoods and the junipers by the waxwings was thrilling.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds:
Cedar Waxwing ©Steve Frye

BirdFellow:  Cedar Waxwing

Audubon, Guide to North American Birds:  

Images of Cedar Waxwings from Past Wild Bird Company Walks:  Cedar Waxwing

Youtube Video by Randy Johnson:  
Bird Count: Saturday, October 7, 2017


Boulder Reservoir Complex--
Boulder Res,
Boulder, Colorado, US
Sat Oct 10, 2017
American Dipper  ©Steve Frye
7:45 AM - 8:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
18 species (+1 other taxa)

Mallard 4
     teal sp. 30
Common Merganser 2
Western Grebe 30
Great Blue Heron 1
American Coot 20
Ring-billed Gull 40
American Robin  ©Steve Frye

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 8
Eurasian Collared-Dove 3
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Blue Jay 1
Black-billed Magpie 1
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 1
American Robin 30
European Starling 10
Red-winged Blackbird 4
House Finch 1
Great Blue Heron ©Clark Anderson


Boulder Creek--75th St., Boulder, Colorado, US
Oct 7, 2017 8:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
17 species

Canada Goose 6
Mallard 20
Great Blue Heron 1
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 250
Belted Kingfisher 2
House Finch  ©Steve Frye

Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 5
Blue Jay 1
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
American Dipper 1, haven't seen one here for several years
European Starling 4
White-crowned Sparrow 5
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Common Grackle 1
House Finch 2
Variable Darner ©Steve Frye


Walden & Sawhill Ponds Wildlife Habitats, Boulder, Colorado, US
Oct 7, 2017 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
21 species

Canada Goose 6
Gadwall 1
Mallard 6
Pied-billed Grebe 4
Showy Milkweed  ©Steve Frye

Snowy Egret 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 30
Belted Kingfisher 2
Northern Flicker 2
Blue Jay 1
Black-billed Magpie 1
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
American Robin 14
European Starling 4
Cedar Waxwing 40, see Bird of the Day
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
White-crowned Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 4
House Finch 2



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  Total species seen:  34
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