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Saturday Bird Walk − Bird Count − February 4, 2017
Windy. 40°F. 10-25 mph. 14 participants.
Mallard Among Sleeping Canada Geese ©Steve Frye

Wind-blown!! That is mostly what I think of when I am recalling this morning's walk. As you would expect on such a windy day, we did not see many little birds. Still, we managed to see plenty of big ones despite the adverse conditions.

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Ring-Billed Gull
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Larus delawarensis
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
There are a few birds I look for when it's windy. Ravens, crows, and gulls all seem to be having fun flying in the wind. The rest all seem to be laboring or hiding. I once saw a Canada Goose
Ring-Billed Gull ©Neal Zaun
flying furiously into the wind, but it was being blown in the opposite direction, like moon walking only this must have been moon flapping. Anyway, the ring-billed gulls this morning were moving about effortlessly in the strong winds. When a bunch of them all kite into the wind it reminds me of being at the ocean. (see video clip) 

Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds:

Birdfellow:  Ring-Billed Gull
 
Flickriver: Ring-Billed Gull

Bird Count: Saturday, February 4, 2017
 
Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat--Cottonwood Marsh, Wally Tove's, and Duck Ponds, 
Boulder, CO-US
Sat Feb 4 , 2017  7:45 AM - 8:00 AM
American Wigeon Pair  ©Neal Zaun
Protocol: Stationary
9 species

Canada Goose 10
Mallard 2
Green-winged Teal 4
Ring-necked Duck 4
Bufflehead 1
Common Goldeneye 4
Common Merganser 2
Ring-billed Gull 30, see Bird of the Day
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 80
 
 
Waneka Lake and Greenlee Preserve, Boulder, Colorado, US
Feb 4, 2017 8:15 AM - 9:35 AM
Hecla Waterfowl  ©Steve Frye

Protocol: Traveling
1.75 mile(s)
17 species

Cackling Goose 60
Canada Goose 100
Mallard 4
Green-winged Teal 2
Ring-necked Duck 60
Common Goldeneye 4
Hooded Merganser 4
Common Merganser 6
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Coot 2
Ring-billed Gull 40, see Bird of the Day
Eurasian Collared-Dove 20
Northern Flicker 1
Redheads  ©Neal Zaun

American Crow 6
European Starling 2
Red-winged Blackbird 4
House Finch 2
 
 
Hecla Lake, Boulder, Colorado, US
Feb 4, 2017 9:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.75 mile(s)
11 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose 50
Gadwall 1
American Wigeon 30
Mallard 10
     Mallard (Mexican intergrade), 1 Female mallard showing white on the tail
          feathers, but with a light tan neck and yellow bill.
Redhead 10
Ring-necked Duck 10
American Coot ©Neal Zaun

Common Goldeneye 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Ring-billed Gull 2, see Bird of the Day
Eurasian Collared-Dove 2
American Robin 2


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Total species seen: 23
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Waneka Lake and Greenlee Preserve  ©Lark Latch

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