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Saturday Bird Walk & Bird Count − July 8, 2017
Partly cloudy and warm. 75°F. 2-8 mph. 16 participants.

Western Wood-Pewee Nest
©Steve Frye
We chose Old St. Vrain Rd. this morning because it is shaded and it has good birds. Lots of butterflies out now that it's warm. And be on the lookout for dragonflies and damselflies too. We are still finding lots of nesting activity (see slide show).
  Photographs from July 8, 2017 Wild Bird Company
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Bird of the Day
Canyon Wren
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Catherpes mexicanus
 
I couldn't tell if the two canyon wrens we saw this morning were young or scruffy adults. The scruffier of the two was singing and I thought it might be a juvenile practicing its song, which
Canyon Wren ©Kevin Rutherford
young birds need to do after they fledge in order to retain the song and fine tune it for use next nesting season. It was great to see and hear this bird up close. If it was a youngster, it was doing a fine job at its song.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds:

BirdFellow:  Canyon Wren

Youtube Video by David Tønnessen:   Canyon Wren

Audubon, Guide to North American Birds:   Canyon Wren

Canyon Wren Images from past Wild Bird Company Walks:  Canyon Wren
Bird Count: Saturday, July 8, 2017


Old Saint Vrain Road,
Boulder, CO-US
Black-Headed Grosbeak 
©Esther Brady

July 8, 2017  
7:50 AM - 11:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
41 species


Turkey Vulture 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
Eurasian Collared-Dove 1
Mourning Dove 2
Lazuli Bunting ©Neal Zaun

Chimney Swift 2
White-throated Swift 10
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 4
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
American Kestrel 2
Western Wood-Pewee 10, we found two nests with at least four young.
Cordilleran Flycatcher 4, using an old cliff swallow nest.
Say's Phoebe 3
Plumbeous Vireo 1
Bullock's Oriole  ©Kevin Rutherford

Warbling Vireo 4
Blue Jay 2
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay 1
Common Raven 1
Violet-green Swallow 10
Cliff Swallow 20
Black-capped Chickadee 8
Canyon Wren 2, see Bird of the Day
House Wren 14
American Dipper 1
American Robin 6
Gray Catbird 4
Cedar Waxwing 6
Yellow Warbler 6
Yellow-breasted Chat 2
Say's Phoebes  ©Eileen Rutherford

Song Sparrow 2
Spotted Towhee 2
Black-headed Grosbeak 4
Lazuli Bunting 6
Common Grackle 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Bullock's Oriole 4
House Finch 4
Lesser Goldfinch 6
American Goldfinch 4


Cedar Waxwing ©Kevin Rutherford
Western Wood-Pewee ©Neal Zaun














Gray Catbird ©Kevin Rutherford











House Wren  ©Kevin Rutherford







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Total species seen:  41
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Resources and Quick Links
Cabbage White ©Eileen Rutherford

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View from Old Saint Vrain Road ©Steve Frye







Widow Skimmer  ©Clark Anderson



Western Tiger Swallowtail
©Steve Frye


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