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Saturday Bird Walk & Bird Count − April 29, 2017
Snowing. 28°F. 4-10 mph. 2 participants.

Some of my favorite bird watching memories have occurred in unpleasant weather. This morning was no exception. It was very sloppy out, but sometimes the birds are very approachable in poor weather. The Say's Phoebes sallying about in the snow at close quarters is one such memory. I even made a meme about it on the Wild Bird Company facebook page.

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Bird of the Day
Hermit Thrush −
Catharus guttatus

  
 
   
  
    
We found a hermit thrush under the Arapahoe Bridge over Boulder Creek as the snow was coming down in huge flakes. It was foraging around the puddles and vegetation near the creek. It's no dummy. We found several species taking shelter under the few bridges we explored. Hermit thrushes, as their name implies, can be very secretive, but with the inclement weather their wariness or at least their will to use energy escaping is greatly reduced. So we were able to get a great long look, through the snow, at this hermit.
Hermit Thrush ©Steve Frye

Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: 

Birdfellow:  Hermit Thrush

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Bird Count: Saturday, April 29, 2017
 
University of Colorado campus--Confluence Ponds & Skunk Creek, 
Boulder, CO-US

Apr 29, 2017 7:45 AM - 9:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
Canada Goose  ©Steve Frye

1.5 mile(s)
23 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose 20
Mallard 2
Wilson's Snipe 1
Downy Woodpecker 3
Say's Phoebe 2
Blue Jay 3
Black-billed Magpie 1
American Crow 1
Common Raven 3
American Robin ©Steve Frye

Black-capped Chickadee 6
American Dipper 1
Hermit Thrush 1, see Bird of the Day
American Robin 20
European Starling 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler 8
     Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 10
     Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 2
Black-throated Gray Warbler 1
White-crowned Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Yellow-Rumped Warbler ©Steve Frye

Western Meadowlark 1
Common Grackle 14
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 8



Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat--Cottonwood Marsh, Boulder, Colorado, US

Apr 29, 2017 9:40 AM - 9:55 AM
Protocol: Stationary
10 species
American Dipper  ©Steve Frye


Canada Goose 14
Blue-winged Teal 2
Cinnamon Teal 4
Double-crested Cormorant 1
American White Pelican 20
Great Blue Heron 2
Killdeer 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 3
American Pipit 6
Red-winged Blackbird 4

Say's Phoebe ©Steve Frye








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Total species seen:  30
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