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Saturday Bird Walk − Bird Count − February 11, 2017
Partly cloudy and mild. 45°F. 3-8 mph. 19 participants.

Red-Winged Blackbird
©Kevin Rutherford

An all-around beautiful morning. The ducks are increasing their courting behaviors. A lot of posturing and vocalizing from the green-winged teal today. And it's always a pleasure to see swans.

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Bird of the Day
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca

   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Today's Bird of the Day was marked as rare by ebird, not because it is a rare bird for us, but
Greater Yellowlegs 
©Irene Thompson
showing up in April, not February. A nice surprise!

Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds:

Birdfellow:  Greater Yellowlegs
 
Flickriver: Greater Yellowlegs

Youtube Video by 
naturalist97333
:   Greater Yellowlegs
Bird Count: Saturday, February 11, 2017
 
Boulder Reservoir complex--Boulder Res, 
Boulder, CO-US
Green-Winged Teal
©Kevin Rutherford

Feb 11, 2017 
7:45 AM - 8:50 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
13 species

Canada Goose 20
Mallard 4
Common Goldeneye 4
Common Merganser 80
Golden Eagle 1
Northern Harrier 1
Red-tailed Hawk 4
American Kestrel  ©Steve Frye

Ferruginous Hawk 1
Ring-billed Gull 10
Herring Gull 6
American Kestrel 3
European Starling 4
Red-winged Blackbird 60



Walden & Sawhill Ponds Wildlife Habitats, Boulder, Colorado, US

Feb 11, 2017 9:00 AM - 10:20 AM
Red-Tailed Hawk ©Kevin Rutherford

Protocol: Traveling
1.25 mile(s)
29 species

Canada Goose 40
Tundra Swan 4
Gadwall 2
American Wigeon 20
Mallard 10
Northern Shoveler 10
Green-winged Teal 30
Canvasback 8
Ring-necked Duck 6
Common Goldeneye 2
Hooded Merganser 1
Great Blue Heron 2
Bald Eagle 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Tundra Swan ©Neal Zaun

Killdeer 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1, see Bird of the Day
Ring-billed Gull 40
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 100
Belted Kingfisher 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 1
Black-billed Magpie 1
American Crow 2
Common Raven 1
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Marsh Wren 1
Common Goldeneye
©Kevin Rutherford

European Starling 2
Song Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 10


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Total species seen: 35
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