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Saturday Bird Walk & Bird Count − May 5, 2018
Sunny and mild. 60°F. 1-5 mph. 24 participants.

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Global Big Day. Besides the vast array of avian treasures this morning, we were treated to two
Spotted Towhee 
©Kevin Rutherford

other notable natural history events. One was watching a chorus frog at close range calling. The other was two huge bull snakes mating. See slide show. Spring is getting into full swing! Many new species (for the year) will be streaming through in the next few weeks so get out there to see 'em.

              Photographs from May 5, 2018 Wild Bird Company Saturday Morning Bird Walk       
         
     View Photo Gallery              View Slide Show



Great Blue Heron
©Nancy Ries Morrison
House Finch
©Kevin Rutherford















American Bullfrogs ©Jane Baryames
Boreal Chorus Frog   ©Neal Zaun












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Bird of the Day
     Mallard
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Anas platyrhynchos 
  
 
   

I decided that a common bird needed some love from the Bird of the Day Committee. We
Mallards ©Steve Frye
watched a female mallard with her many new ducklings at Sombrero Marsh this morning. Mallards, along with most waterfowl, have precocial young meaning they are mobile and can feed themselves right after hatching. They will stay with the female for protection until they are able to fly. Note in one of the slides the female is calling to gather her young.

All About Birds, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology:  

BirdFellow:   Mallard  
Mallard Family
©Nancy Ries Morrison

Audubon, Guide to North American Birds:

Flickriver:   

Youtube Video by mrdabwucies:
Three Day Old Baby Mallard Ducks, HD

Youtube Video by Nancy Ries Morrison: 
Mallards  ©Jane Baryames

 Bird Count: Saturday, May 5, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Skunk Canyon Trails, Boulder, Colorado, US
Apr 28, 2018   7:45 AM - 9:00 AM
Cinnamon Teal ©Jane Baryames
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
28 species (+2 other taxa)

Turkey Vulture 4
Osprey 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 2
White-throated Swift 3
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 4
Northern Flicker 1
Steller's Jay (Interior) 2
House Sparrow ©Kevin Rutherford

Black-billed Magpie 2
Common Raven 1
Violet-green Swallow 6
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
American Robin 2
European Starling 2
Orange-crowned Warbler 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
     Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1
     Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 1
Green-tailed Towhee 1
Savannah Sparrow  ©Jane Baryames

Spotted Towhee 10
Black-headed Grosbeak 1
Western Meadowlark 1
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Common Grackle 4
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow 2


City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks
Cherryvale Office area, Boulder, Colorado, US
 May 5, 2018 9:10 AM - 9:55 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.75 mile(s)
22 species

Mallard 1, see Bird of the Day
Turkey Vulture 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 4
Eurasian Collared-Dove 1
Great Horned Owl 2
American Kestrel 1
Yellow-Rumped Warbler  ©Neal Zaun

Say's Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 1
Black-billed Magpie 2
American Crow 1
Barn Swallow 6
American Robin 1
European Starling 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Savannah Sparrow 3
Western Meadowlark 2
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Brown-headed Cowbird 50 
Common Grackle 20
House Finch 2
House Sparrow 2


Sombrero Marsh & Pond, Boulder, Colorado, US
 May 5, 2018 10:05 AM - 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.2 mile(s)
31 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose 6
Blue-winged Teal 2
Cinnamon Teal 8
Northern Shoveler 2
Great-Tailed Grackle
©Jane Baryames

Gadwall 20
Mallard 18, see Bird of the Day
Green-winged Teal 1
Lesser Scaup 3
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Great Blue Heron 3
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Coot 2
Wilson's Snipe 1
Wilson's Phalarope 8
Mourning Dove 1
Blue Jay 2
Black-billed Magpie 1
Barn Swallow 6
American Robin 2
European Starling 10
Osprey  ©Kevin Rutherford

Yellow-rumped Warbler 4
     Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 4
Yellow-headed Blackbird 3
Western Meadowlark 2
Red-winged Blackbird 16
Common Grackle 4
Great-tailed Grackle 1
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow 2

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Total Species Seen: 53
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     Bull Snakes Mating ©Neal Zaun








Saturday Birders ©Jane Baryames




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