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Saturday Bird Walk & Bird Count − April 7, 2018
Cloudy and chilly. 28°F. 2-6 mph. 4 participants .

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This morning was quite a departure from the bird watching I was doing last week in Mexico (at least weather-wise). All those migrants I saw making their way northward along the Gulf Coast are starting to show up here now. Over the next few weeks there will be a lot of changes!

      Photographs from April 7, 2018 Wild Bird Company Saturday Morning Bird Walk
       
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Great Blue Herons ©Neal Zaun
Great Blue Heron ©Neal Zaun










              
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         Wood Duck
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One of the fun things about this morning was watching a pair of Wood Ducks exploring the big trees around the Crane Hollow Heronry searching for a nest site. Wood ducks get their names because they nest in tree hollows. At one point this morning, the female wood duck was clinging onto the side of a broken off branch. Supporting herself with her webbed claws and pressing her tail against the tree - woodpecker style. Then she would tilt up and poke her head into the cavity to see if anyone else was using it! I'm sure that is a very anxious moment.
All About Birds, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology:  
Wood Duck
Wood Ducks ©Neal Zaun

BirdFellow:   Wood Duck

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 Bird in the Slide Show: Saturday, April 7, 2010
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Pella Crossing Open Space, Boulder, Colorado, US
Apr 7, 2018   8:00 AM - 10:05 AM
American Kestrel ©Neal Zaun

Protocol: Traveling
2.25 mile(s)
41 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose 6
Wood Duck 6, see Bird of the Day
Cinnamon Teal 1
Northern Shoveler 1
Gadwall 30
Mallard 8
Redhead 2
Ring-necked Duck 2
Lesser Scaup 20
American Robin ©Steve Frye

Bufflehead 1
Common Merganser 4
Great Blue Heron 8, on nests
Turkey Vulture 6
Osprey 3
Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Coot 14
Killdeer 2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 4
Eurasian Collared-Dove 2
Mourning Dove 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Cinnamon Teal ©Steve Frye

Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3
Say's Phoebe 2
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 10
Black-capped Chickadee 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Townsend's Solitaire 1
American Robin 20
European Starling 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Dark-eyed Junco 10
White-crowned Sparrow 20
Song Sparrow 4
Dark-Eyed Junco ©Neal Zaun

Lincoln's Sparrow 1
Western Meadowlark 4
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 1
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 3


Crane Hollow Road and ponds, Boulder, Colorado, US
 Apr 7, 2018 10:15 AM - 10:35 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
15 species

Canada Goose 2
Wood Duck 2, see Bird of the Day
Gadwall 10
Lesser Scaup 8
White-Crowned Sparrow ©Neal Zaun

Great Blue Heron 20, on nests
Turkey Vulture 4
Osprey 1
American Coot 1
Great Horned Owl 1, on nest
American Crow 1
Western Bluebird 6
American Robin 4
European Starling 2
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Red-winged Blackbird 6


Foothills Reservoir & McCaslin Lake area, Boulder, Colorado, US
 Apr 7, 2018 10:40 AM - 10:55 AM
Protocol: Traveling
Turkey Vulture ©Neal Zaun

2.0 mile(s)
5 species

Lesser Scaup 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Kestrel 3
Black-billed Magpie 1
Red-winged Blackbird 2

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Total Species Seen: 46
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