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Saturday Bird Walk & Bird Count − June 3, 2017
Sunny and warm. 65-75°F. 2-6 mph. 15 participants.


Yellow Warbler ©Neal Zaun
A warm day to start out our June bird walks. June is one of my favorite birding months because of all the song and activity around nesting. Usually hidden birds like song sparrows, chats, and towhees are out singing and announcing territory right now. In another 8 or 10 weeks you'll hear them, but good luck seeing them.

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Bird of the Day
Ovenbird
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Seiurus aurocapilla
 
Ovenbirds are eastern warblers that have established a few pockets in Boulder County along
Ovenbird ©Steve Frye
the foothills. One of the most reliable pockets is up Skunk Canyon near where it connects with South Mesa Trail. Listen for the loud, clear calls of 'teacher, teacher, teacher'. The ovenbird gets its name because of the brick oven-shaped nests it builds on the ground.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds:

Birdfellow:  Ovenbird

Audubon - Guide to North American Birds:   Ovenbird

Youtube Video - WIld Bird Videos by McElroy Productions:   Ovenbird

Bird Count: Saturday, June 3, 2017


Skunk Canyon Trails,
Boulder, CO-US
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
©Esther Brady


June 3, 2017
7:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.5 mile(s)
43 species

Turkey Vulture 3
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 2
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 8
Northern Flicker 1
Western Wood-Pewee 4
Plumbeous Vireo 2, building a nest
Warbling Vireo 4
Spotted Towhee  ©Steve Frye

Steller's Jay 1
Blue Jay 2
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay 1
Black-billed Magpie 3
Common Raven 1
Tree Swallow 4
Violet-green Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Bushtit 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Canyon Wren 1
Lazuli Bunting  ©Neal Zaun

House Wren 6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
Eastern Bluebird 2
American Robin 4
Gray Catbird 6
European Starling 1
Ovenbird 1, see Bird of the Day
MacGillivray's Warbler 2
Yellow Warbler 2
Yellow-breasted Chat 4
Chipping Sparrow 2
Green-tailed Towhee 2
Spotted Towhee 10
Western Tanager 2
Black-headed Grosbeak 8
Lazuli Bunting 2
Western Meadowlark 1
Common Grackle 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Bullock's Oriole 1
House Finch 4
Lesser Goldfinch 4


Broad-Tailed Hummingbird
©Steve Frye
Bumblebee ©Esther Brady











 
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Total species seen:  43
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Skunk Canyon ©Steve Frye

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Parry Geranium  ©Jane Baryames






Western Spiderwort ©Esther Brady 


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