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Saturday Bird Walk & Bird Count − December 30, 2017
Cloudy and cold with flurries. 12°F. 2-8 mph. 8 participants.

We ventured on the last bird walk of the year to Standley Lake where a snowy owl has been
Snowy Owl ©Kevin Rutherford
reported. We missed on the owl Saturday morning, but I included a few images of it on the slide show from customer, frequent Saturday Birder, and excellent photographer Kevin Rutherford who saw the owl on Friday evening. Our walk this morning may have been most memorable because of the cold breeze.

        Photographs from December 30, 2017 Wild Bird Company Saturday Morning Bird Walk
   
       
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Snowy Owl ©Kevin Rutherford
Snowy Owl ©Kevin Rutherford











                                 
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Bird of the Day
Prairie Falcon −
Falco mexicanus

 
 

  
 
 
Prairie Falcon ©Kevin Rutherford
As stated above, our walk this morning was most memorable for the cold, but it was punctuated by a brief and thrilling visit from a prairie falcon. Prairie falcons are primarily bird hunters, and as such, they are built for speed with narrow pointed jet-fighter wings and a long tail for maneuverability. They are about the same size as a peregrine falcon.
All About Birds, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology:

All About Birds, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology :

BirdFellow:   Prairie Falcon
Saturday Birders ©Eileen Rutherford

Audubon, Guide to North American Birds:

 Bird Count: Saturday, December 30, 2017


Standley Lake and Park, Jefferson, Colorado, US
Sat Dec 30, 2017  8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Canada Geese ©Kevin Rutherford
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 mile(s)
13 species (+1 other taxa)

Cackling Goose 10
Canada Goose 30
     Cackling/Canada Goose 150
Bald Eagle 3
Red-tailed Hawk 4
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 4
Eurasian Collared-Dove 1
Common Merganser  ©Steve Frye

owl sp. 0
Northern Flicker 2
American Kestrel 2
Black-billed Magpie 6
American Crow 1
American Robin 2
European Starling 4
Song Sparrow 2



Erie Reservoir, Boulder, Colorado, US
 Dec 30, 2017 9:20 AM - 10:20 AM
Red-Tailed Hawk ©Neal Zaun

Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
16 species

Canada Goose 60
Northern Shoveler 2
Gadwall 2
American Wigeon 30
Canvasback 2
Redhead 20
Ring-necked Duck 80
Lesser Scaup 1
Redheads and Ring-Necked Ducks  ©Kevin Rutherford

Common Merganser 16
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Coot 6
Ring-billed Gull 50
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
Northern Flicker 1
American Kestrel 1
Prairie Falcon 1, see Bird of the Day
              

     

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                                                  Total species seen: 24
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