 Every Saturday Morning
- From 7:30 a.m. (promptly) to 10 am - Every Saturday year-round. No reservations required. Every last Saturday of the month we travel further afield than normal and return a little later. Bird Walk locations are determined on the morning of the walk.All ages and birding abilities are welcome! To Sign Up for our Saturday Bird Walks List (to receive results from our Bird Walks) or be removed from the Bird Walks list, simply click on the Join our Bird Walk email list!" button on the right nav under "QuickLinks". (Note: The Saturday Bird Walks list is a separate list from our "Monthly eNewsletters" and you will need to update your preferences if you would like to receive both.) --Thanks, Steve |
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September 29, 2012 Sunny with winds out of the north. 65°F.
2-6 mph. 9 participants.
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 We went to Rabbit Mountain this morning to see raptors migrating. Rabbit Mountain is well placed for raptor migration because it is at the boundary of the foothills and plains. Birds can use the thermals from the plains or the orographic lifting of the ridges to help them along on migration. Winds out of the north also help viewing possibilities. All the elements were in place, but we did not see a lot of raptors. We may have been there too early, before the birds were really on the move. Give it a try sometime soon either at the east ridge or the Little Thompson Overlook on Rabbit Mountain. My fitbit said we walked over three miles and climbed up the equivalent of 42 flights of stairs..
Rabbit Mountain: Sep 29, 2012 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
36 species
Golden Eagle 3Northern Harrier 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Cooper's Hawk 1 Broad-winged Hawk 1, flew directly overhead Red-tailed Hawk 1 Rock Pigeon 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 2 American Kestrel 4 Blue Jay 1 Western Scrub-Jay 1Black-billed Magpie 24, they may have been around a lion kill?American Crow 2 Common Raven 2 Black-capped Chickadee 2 Mountain Chickadee 4Bushtit 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Rock Wren 1 Canyon Wren 2Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1Western Bluebird 4Mountain Bluebird 20Townsend's Solitaire 8, runner up for bird of the dayAmerican Robin 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 Spotted Towhee 6White-crowned Sparrow 1 Dark-eyed Junco 3 Western Meadowlark 4 House Finch 2 Pine Siskin 1 Lesser Goldfinch 2
Other interesting sightings this week:
Bushtits, 15, at Steve's house in NW Longmont. 9/27/12.
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Total species seen - 36
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Note: Species in bold are birds that were special on the walk for
reasons like a great view, out-of-season, great numbers, or rarity.
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Wild Bird Center of Boulder, CO  
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Canyon Wren