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Saturday Bird Walk & Bird Count − February 24, 2018
Sunny and cool. 25°. 2-6 mph. 8 participants.

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Red-Tailed Hawk ©Kevin Rutherford

We were walking in freshly deposited snow this morning. That was a good calf workout! The new snow did not seem to detour the red-winged blackbirds and black-capped chickadees from singing loud and clear. They know what is on the horizon!
          Photographs from February 24, 2018 Wild Bird Company Saturday Morning Bird Walk
       
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Redhead ©Neal Zaun
Black-Capped Chickadee
©Neal Zaun












Sawhill Ponds Waterfowl
©Kevin Rutherford
American Wigeon ©Neal Zaun









                                   
                                                   
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Bird of the Day
      Spotted Towhee −
Pipilo maculatus
 
    

   
 
 
 
   
  
 
   
What a delight to see a spotted towhee in winter. I know that we have a small number that overwinter here, but it still strikes me as unusual and this one was in great light. Beautiful. You never find towhees too far away from the cover of shrubs so if you increase the number and quality of your bushes and evergreens in the yard, you might be visited by a spotted towhee.

All About Birds, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology:  
Spotted Towhee  ©Kevin Rutherford


BirdFellow:   Spotted Towhee

Audubon, Guide to North American Birds:


Youtube Video by Clive Bramham:   


Spotted Towhee ©Neal Zaun
Spotted Towhee  ©Steve Frye



 Bird Count: Saturday, February 24, 2018

 
Walden & Sawhill Ponds Wildlife Habitat, 
Boulder, Colorado, US
Sat Feb 24, 2018 
Downy Woodpecker
©Kevin Rutherford
7:45 AM - 10:40 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
25 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose 20
Gadwall 8
American Wigeon 16
Mallard 4
Green-winged Teal 1
Canvasback 1
Redhead 1
Ring-necked Duck 70
Common Merganser 4
Northern Harrier 1
Bald Eagle 1
Song Sparrow ©Kevin Rutherford

Red-tailed Hawk 5
Red-tailed Hawk (Harlan's) 1
Ring-billed Gull 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 20
Great Horned Owl 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
American Kestrel 1
Black-billed Magpie 7
Black-capped Chickadee 16
American Tree Sparrow 8
Song Sparrow 6
Spotted Towhee 1, see Bird of the Day
Red-winged Blackbird 10
American Tree Sparrow
©Kevin Rutherford

House Finch 2

     Ring-Necked Ducks ©Neal Zaun


 American Kestrel ©Kevin Rutherford
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Total species seen: 25   (+1 other taxa)
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Saturday Birders ©Eileen Rutherford
Bull ©Steve Frye


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