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Saturday Bird Walk & Bird Count − July 22, 2017
Sunny and warm, but with a cool breeze. 75-80°F. 2-10 mph. 16 participants.

Betasso Preserve ©Steve Frye
Things certainly changed around this morning. Very quiet. I think most of nesting is complete so activity slowed way down, especially when it's hot. I had to remind myself (and my group) that when birds are quiet you need to match that quietness with your own or you won't see a thing. That means remaining still more, not walking loudly, and not speaking loudly.
  Photographs from July 22, 2017 Wild Bird Company
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Western Bluebird
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The western bluebirds were active this morning chasing after or being chased by their newly
Western Bluebird ©Steve Frye
fledged young. You can distinguish between mountain and western bluebird juveniles because the westerns have a spotted back compared to the plain gray back of a juvenile mountain bluebird. They are otherwise very similar. Betasso Preserve is a place where you can find both western and mountain bluebirds nesting. 
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds:

Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds:
by Caitlin A. Stern, Janis L. Dickinson, and Elise D. Ferree
Western Bluebird ©Neal Zaun

BirdFellow:  Western Bluebird

Audubon, Guide to North American Birds:

Western Bluebird Images from past Wild Bird Company Walks:  Western Bluebird

Youtube Video by American Bird Conservancy:  Western Bluebird Reintroduction
Bird Count: Saturday, July 22, 2017


Betasso Preserve,
Boulder, CO-US

July 15, 2017  
Pine Siskin ©Neal Zaun
7:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
31 species

Turkey Vulture 1
Mourning Dove 2
Common Nighthawk 2
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 3
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 6
American Kestrel 1
Western Kingbird ©Steve Frye

Western Wood-Pewee 3
Western Kingbird 4
Plumbeous Vireo 3
Steller's Jay 2
Black-billed Magpie 1
American Crow 1
Common Raven 2
Tree Swallow 2
Violet-green Swallow 8
Barn Swallow 2
Mountain Chickadee 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
Pygmy Nuthatch 10
Lesser Goldfinch ©Neal Zaun

House Wren 2
Western Bluebird 10, see Bird of the Day
Mountain Bluebird 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Chipping Sparrow 30
Western Tanager 2
Western Meadowlark 2
House Finch 6
Red Crossbill 1
Pine Siskin 8
Lesser Goldfinch 2


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              Total species seen:  31
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