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Saturday Bird Walk − Bird Count − December 17, 2016
Cloudy and cold. 0°F. 3-10 mph. 2 participants.


Desert Cottontail ©Steve Frye
It was a tough morning for both birds and birders. The reward of being out in difficult conditions is the birds are also experiencing difficulty and will sometimes allow you to approach or they will approach you disregarding their normal wariness. We experienced that this morning when our Bird of the Day flew about ten feet away to feed near us.

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Bird of the Day
White-Crowned Sparrow −
Zonotrichia leucophrys
 
 
 
  
It's always amazing to realize that after a night in which I would have had a struggle to survive, here are little birds hopping around going about their business. They have truly incredible
White-Crowned Sparrow
©Steve Frye
adaptations. The white-crowned sparrow we saw this morning was feeding with a song sparrow. Then it decided to come feed just 10 feet away, paying no attention to us. I was a privilege to be near these little birds after such a hard night.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds:
 
Birdfellow:  White-Crowned Sparrow
 
Flickriver:  White-Crowned Sparrow

Youtube Video by LabofOrnithology:   White-Crowned Sparrow

Bird Count: Saturday, December 17, 2016
  
 
Valmont Reservoir Complex
,
Boulder, CO-US
Dec 17, 2016  7:45 AM - 7:55 AM
Cooper's Hawk ©Steve Frye
Protocol: Stationary
10 species (+1 other taxa)

Cackling/Canada Goose 400
Mallard 4
Canvasback 2
Common Merganser 8
Great Blue Heron 1
Bald Eagle 1
Ring-billed Gull 30
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 12
Black-billed Magpie 3
American Crow 40
European Starling 4
 
Burke Lake, Boulder, Colorado, US
Dec 17, 2016 8:00 AM - 8:10 AM
Protocol: Stationary
7 species (+1 other taxa)

Cackling/Canada Goose 400
Redhead 1
Ring-necked Duck 1
Common Goldeneye 1
Eurasian Collared-Dove 2
Common Goldeneye with
Canada Geese ©Steve Frye

Common Raven 2
American Robin 4
European Starling 10
 
Teller Farm & Lakes, Boulder, Colorado, US
Dec 17, 2016 8:15 AM - 8:40 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
14 species (+1 other taxa)

Cackling/Canada Goose 100
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 8
Northern Flicker 1
Canada Geese ©Steve Frye
American Kestrel 1
Blue Jay 1
Black-billed Magpie 2
American Robin 2
European Starling 6
Dark-eyed Junco 1 White-crowned Sparrow 1, see Bird of the Day
White-throated Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 1 House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 1
 
Boulder Creek--75th St., Boulder, Colorado, US
Dec 17, 2016 8:50 AM - 9:05 AM
Protocol: Traveling
Song Sparrow ©Steve Frye

0.25 mile(s)
10 species

Canada Goose 60
Mallard 4
Common Goldeneye 1
Bald Eagle 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 30
Belted Kingfisher 1
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay 1
European Starling 4
Song Sparrow 1
 
Wild Bird Company, Boulder, Colorado, US
Dec 17, 2016 10:35 AM - 10:45 AM
Mallard ©Steve Frye

Protocol: Stationary
2 species

Cooper's Hawk 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 30

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Total species seen: 30
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