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Saturday Bird Walk & Bird Count − April 14, 2018
Sunny and mild. 50°F. 2-10 mph. 10 participants.

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At the top of the local bird news was a sighting of an Anna's Hummingbird at Alison's home
Anna's Hummingbird ©Alison Sheets
(she's a Saturday Birder). We planned our route so we would end up over there in hopes of seeing this rare hummingbird. We missed on the hummer, but it was great to spend some time in Alison's beautiful yard. Thanks Alison. She sent me some pictures of the Anna's that are included in this week's slide show.


             Photographs from April 14, 2018 Wild Bird Company Saturday Morning Bird Walk
       
                                     
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Anna's Hummingbird ©Alison Sheets
Anna's Hummingbird ©Alison Sheets












              
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Bird of the Day
         Cinnamon Teal
Anas cyanoptera
  
  
 
   
   
 
 
 
  
 
   
A male cinnamon teal is a most striking bird. You can see that warm reddish brown color from
Cinnamon Teal ©Kevin Rutherford
across the pond. When you get a closer look you can see long gold and black feathers that lay on their back and the almost creepy red eye. Cinnamon teal are a small duck, but their long body shape and big shoveler-like bill gives them the appearance of a larger duck. Female teal are an id challenge, but you can separate out female cinnamons by their same bill and body shape combined with a plain face.


All About Birds, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology:  

BirdFellow:   Cinnamon Teal
Cinnamon Teal ©Steve Frye

Audubon, Guide to North American Birds:


Youtube Video Frank Blangeard:
 
 Bird Count: Saturday, April 14, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sombrero Marsh & Pond, Boulder, Colorado, US
Apr 14, 2018   
Turkey Vulture ©Kevin Rutherford
7:45 AM - 8:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.1 mile(s)
25 species

Canada Goose 10
Cinnamon Teal 8, see Bird of the Day
Northern Shoveler 10
Gadwall 4
Mallard 10
Green-winged Teal 1
Lesser Scaup 8
Bufflehead 12
American Coot 4
Great-Tailed Grackle
©Kevin Rutherford


Eurasian Collared-Dove 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Say's Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 1
Black-billed Magpie 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
American Robin 2
European Starling 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Song Sparrow 2
Yellow-headed Blackbird 1
Red-winged Blackbird 16
Common Grackle 4
Great-tailed Grackle 1
House Finch 2
Western Meadowlark  ©Steve Frye

House Sparrow 1


City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks
Cherryvale Office area, Boulder, Colorado, US
Apr 14, 2018 8:45 AM - 9:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.2 mile(s)
13 species

Turkey Vulture 4
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 10
Mourning Dove 1
Great Horned Owl 1
Say's Phoebe 1
Horned Lark 1
Barn Swallow 3
American Robin 2
European Starling 4
Western Meadowlark 1
Common Grackle 12
House Finch 2
American Coot  ©Kevin Rutherford


Eldorado Springs (town), Boulder, Colorado, US
Apr 14, 2018 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.75 mile(s)
14 species (+2 other taxa)

Steller's Jay 3
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay 1
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Mountain Chickadee 8
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Dark-Eyed Junco  ©Steve Frye

White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Canyon Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Townsend's Solitaire 1
American Robin 1
European Starling 2
Dark-eyed Junco 4
     Dark-eyed Junco (Pink-sided) 1
     Dark-eyed Junco (Gray-headed) 4
Spotted Towhee 2
House Finch 2
Yellow-Headed Blackbird
©Kevin Rutherford




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Total Species Seen: 43
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