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Saturday Bird Walk & Bird Count − March 4, 2017
Partly cloudy and mild. 40°. 3-6 mph. 14 participants.
Pre-Walk Sunrise ©Steve Frye

March Madness is already happening in the waterfowl world. Many species are coming back through on their way north and more intense displays are occurring. Watch the divers like hooded mergansers and goldeneyes, as well as dabblers like green-winged teal for great displays.
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Bird of the Day

Northern Shoveler − 
Anas clypeata

I often see northern shovelers in masse swirling around in the ponds. I have always assumed that they do this to stir up the water and bring food up to surface like a phalarope. However, this morning they were also up-ending and spinning, very comical to watch. Northern shovelers have special structures in their bill to help them sieve food out of the water. They are the baleen whales of the duck world.
Northern Shoveler ©Jane Baryames

Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds:

Birdfellow:  Northern Shoveler
 

Video by WBCBoulderCO from this morning's walk:
Bird Count: Saturday, March 4, 2017
 
Sombrero Marsh & Pond, 
Boulder, CO-US
Red-Winged Blackbird ©Steve Frye
Mar 4, 2017  7:45 AM - 8:25 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
17 species

Canada Goose 6
Gadwall 10
Mallard 20
Northern Shoveler 60, see Bird of the Day
Common Goldeneye 2
Hooded Merganser 6
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Coot 2
Northern Flicker 2
Black-billed Magpie 2
Hooded Mergansers  ©Steve Frye

American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 2
American Robin 3
European Starling 4
Song Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 20
House Finch 2
 
 
Community Presbyterian Pond, Boulder, Colorado, US
Mar 4, 2017 8:30 AM - 8:40 AM
Protocol: Stationary
11 species

Canada Goose 4
Harlan's Hawk  ©Jane Baryames

Gadwall 6
Mallard 10
Bufflehead 2
Hooded Merganser 4
Common Merganser 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Eurasian Collared-Dove 1
Blue Jay 1
Black-billed Magpie 1
European Starling 2
 
 
Walden & Sawhill Ponds Wildlife Habitats, Boulder, Colorado, US
Mar 4, 2017 8:50 AM - 10:10 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
29 species (+1 other taxa)
American Robin ©Steve Frye


Canada Goose 20
Tundra Swan 1
Gadwall 40
American Wigeon 30
Mallard 20
Northern Shoveler 4, see Bird of the Day
Green-winged Teal 20
Canvasback 2
Ring-necked Duck 16
Common Goldeneye 8
Hooded Merganser 10
Great Blue Heron 1
Northern Harrier 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
     Red-tailed Hawk (Harlan's) 1
American Coot 2
Tundra Swan  ©Steve Frye

Ring-billed Gull 3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 100
Mourning Dove 1
Belted Kingfisher 2
Northern Flicker 2
American Kestrel 1
Black-billed Magpie 4
Black-capped Chickadee 4
American Robin 1
European Starling 2
Song Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 10
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 1
 
 
Valmont Reservoir Complex, Boulder, Colorado, US
Mar 4, 2017 10:20 AM - 10:40 AM
Indian Peaks from Sawhill Ponds ©Clark Anderson

Protocol: Stationary
5 species

Common Goldeneye 4
Western Grebe 10
Red-tailed Hawk 3
American Coot 50
Black-billed Magpie 1

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Total species seen: 35
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