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Saturday Bird Walk & Bird Count − April 15, 2017
50-65°F.  2-10 mph. 13 participants.


I heard chorus frogs for the first time this spring on the walk! The birds, of course, are all singing and calling which makes being outside right now so thrilling. Get out there-even if it's only in your yard!
Osprey Nest ©Kevin Rutherford


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Bird of the Day
Tree Swallow −
Tachycineta bicolor

 
   
  
   
We found a flock of tree swallows all around a tree where we had seen a successful tree swallow nest last year. Whenever they would perch on the dead part of this tree a European Starling would come over to get rid of them. European Starlings are also cavity nesters and they compete with tree swallows and others for nesting cavities. This tree has several
Tree Swallow  ©Kevin Rutherford
appropriate nesting cavities in it for both the swallows and the starling, but the starling was making sure none of the swallows landed on the tree. Occasionally, the starling would fly off chasing one of the swallows or at least leaving briefly. The swallows would then all land on the tree and start fighting amongst themselves because they are also in competition with each other for nest cavities. After a brief time, the starling would return to chase off all of the tree swallows. We observed several of these cycles in the few minutes we were at this tree. We'll check back in the weeks to come and see how things turn out.
Apple Blossom  ©Eileen Rutherford

Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: 

Birdfellow:  Tree Swallow
 

Youtube Video from this morning by WBCBoulderCO:
Osprey Tree Swallows - Wild Bird Company Bird Walkon 04.15.17


Bird Count: Saturday, April 15, 2017
 
Walden & Sawhill Ponds Wildlife Habitats
,
Boulder, CO-US
Red-Tailed Hawk  ©Kevin Rutherford

Apr 15, 2017 7:45 AM - 10:55 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
40 species


Canada Goose 20
Gadwall 30
American Wigeon 4
Mallard 20
Blue-winged Teal 12
Cinnamon Teal 8
Northern Shoveler 30
Green-winged Teal 8
Ring-necked Duck 2
Double-crested Cormorant 4
American White Pelican 12
Great Blue Heron 2
Belted Kingfisher  ©Neal Zaun

Osprey 2
Red-tailed Hawk 8
American Avocet 1
Killdeer 6
Ring-billed Gull 3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 50
Eurasian Collared-Dove 1
Mourning Dove 8
Belted Kingfisher 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay 2
Song Sparrow  ©Steve Frye

Black-billed Magpie 3
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Tree Swallow 10, see Bird of the Day
Barn Swallow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 4
American Robin 6
European Starling 6
American Pipit 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
White-crowned Sparrow 8
Song Sparrow 4
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Common Grackle 6
Blue-Winged Teal  ©Kevin Rutherford

Brown-headed Cowbird 1
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 8










American Avocet  ©Eileen Rutherford



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Total species seen:  40
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Resources and Quick Links
American White Pelicans, Ring-Billed Gull, and the Mystery Egg
©Eileen Rutherford

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Killdeer  ©Kevin Rutherford







Cottonwood Catkins
©Eileen Rutherford


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