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Saturday Bird Walk − Bird Count − January 28, 2017
Partly cloudy and cool. 30°F. 2-5 mph. 11 participants.


Today's walk turned out to be a little more urban than I had planned. The path along the river in
Bald Eagle Pair at Nest  ©Steve Frye
Lyons is still damaged from the 2013 flood and all of the landmarks have changed. So I was a bit lost, but we still managed to see some good things.

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American Dipper − Cinclus mexicanus
 

 
 
 
 
 
I always find dippers to be a bit preposterous. Songbirds should not jump in the waters of swift moving creeks! And freezing cold ones, at that. However, that is just what American Dippers
American Dipper  ©Kevin Rutherford
do for a living. Physiologically, they are built for this lifestyle. They have a compact body shape and dense feather packing to help keep them warm. Large and strong feet to help them stay in place at the bottom of the stream and a clear eyelid called a nictitating membrane to protect their eyes. 
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds:

Birdfellow:  American Dipper

Flickriver:

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Bird Count: Saturday, January 28, 2017
 
Lyons (town), 
Boulder, CO-US
Bald Eagle ©Kevin Rutherford

Jan 28, 2017   7:50 AM - 9:50 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
20 species

Mallard 6
Great Blue Heron 1
Golden Eagle 1
Eurasian Collared-Dove 8
Belted Kingfisher 2
Northern Flicker 6
Blue Jay 4
Black-billed Magpie 1
White-Breasted Nuthatch
©Neal Zaun

American Crow 6
Common Raven 1
Black-capped Chickadee 8
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown Creeper 1
American Dipper 4, see Bird of the Day
Townsend's Solitaire 1
American Robin 6
European Starling 12
Dark-eyed Junco 8
House Finch 2
House Sparrow 8

Belted Kingfisher ©Kevin Rutherford

Foothills Reservoir, Boulder, Colorado, US

Jan 28, 2017 10:00 AM - 10:40 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
4 species

Golden Eagle 1
Bald Eagle 2, adding to their nest (sticks that is)
Blue Jay 1
American Robin 1




Golden Eagle ©Kevin Rutherford


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Total species seen: 21
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