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Saturday Bird Walk & Bird Count − November 4, 2017
Partly cloudy and breezy. 40-55°F. 5-25 mph.  14 participants.


Red-Tailed Hawk ©Kevin Rutherford


The first Saturday in November is traditionally our 'Look for Loons' walk. We dipped on the loons, but we did have dramatic clouds and lighting. Our loon walk was seemingly hijacked by the raptors, which isn't half bad.




          Photographs from November 4, 2017
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Baseline Reservoir ©Lark Latch


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Ferruginous Hawk −
Buteo regalis  
  
 

 
  
   
 
Lagerman Reservoir has proven, over the last couple of years, to be the best place in Boulder
Ferruginous Hawk ©Kevin Rutherford
County to see Ferruginous Hawks. I was watching one in the field when three more came over the hill. They all flew around and dispersed within a few minutes, but it was the greatest number of ferruginous hawks I've seen in one place. Ferruginous hawks were once considered eagles and DNA evidence shows that they are closely related to eagles. A spectacular bird!
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds:

BirdFellow:   Ferruginous Hawk
Coot Lake ©Steve Frye

Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: 

Audubon, Guide to North American Birds:  

Images of Ferruginous Hawks Images from Previous Wild Bird  Company Walks:   Ferruginous Hawk

Youtube Video by Nature on PBS:  Behind the Scenes | Filming the Ferruginous Hawk
Bird Count: Saturday, November 4, 2017


Baseline Reservoir,
Boulder, Colorado, US
Sat Nov 4, 2017  7:45 AM - 8:05 AM
American Wigeon ©Neal Zaun
Protocol: Stationary
12 species

Canada Goose 30
Mallard 80
Common Goldeneye 2
Hooded Merganser 6
Common Merganser 6
Pied-billed Grebe 10
Western Grebe 14
American Coot 10
American Coot
©Kevin Rutherford

Ring-billed Gull 4
Belted Kingfisher 1
Black-billed Magpie 2
American Crow 4
 
 
Boulder Reservoir complex--Boulder Res, Boulder, Colorado, US
Nov 4, 2017 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.25 mile(s)
18 species (+2 other taxa)

Red-necked Grebe 1
American Tree Sparrow ©Neal Zaun
Eared Grebe 2
     Western/Clark's Grebe 60
Great Blue Heron 1, fighting the wind
Northern Harrier 2
Bald Eagle 1
Red-tailed Hawk 3
American Coot 10
     gull sp. 40
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 20
Eurasian Collared-Dove 1
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 1
American Kestrel 1
American Goldfinch
©Eileen Rutherford

Blue Jay 1
Black-billed Magpie 3
Black-capped Chickadee 1
European Starling 50
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 1
 
 
Lagerman Reservoir, Boulder, Colorado, US
Nov 4, 2017 9:25 AM - 10:35 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
15 species
Eared Grebe  ©Kevin Rutherford


Canada Goose 40
Gadwall 10
American Wigeon 200
Mallard 20
Eared Grebe 2
Northern Harrier 1
Bald Eagle 2
Red-tailed Hawk 4
Ferruginous Hawk 4, see Bird of the Day
Merlin 1
American Coot 150
Ring-billed Gull 12
House Finch  ©Kevin Rutherford

Black-billed Magpie 2
American Tree Sparrow 2
Western Meadowlark 1
 
 
Left Hand Creek at Nimbus Rd, Boulder, Colorado, US
Nov 4, 2017 10:40 AM - 10:50 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
5 species (+1 other taxa)

Red-tailed Hawk 2
Prairie Falcon 1
Dark-eyed Junco 8
Western Grebes ©Jane Baryames

     Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 2
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 6

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  Total species seen:  37
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