Wild Bird Center Saturday Bird Walks
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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!

 

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  --Thanks, Steve   

 

November 17, 2012
Sunny and pleasant. 55°F. 2-4 mph. 12 participants.
binoculars and child
A very nice morning. We started out on Cottonwood Trail. It was a little slow, but it did provide us with our Bird of the Day. Then we found ourselves over  at Cottonwood Marsh at Walden Ponds. Still many ducks over there and the reflection of the sky on the water was awesome.

Hayden Lake & Cottonwood Trail:  
Nov 17, 2012 7:45 AM - 8:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
23 species

Canada Goose  150
American Wigeon  4
Mallard  4
Redhead  4
Ring-necked Duck  20
Hooded Merganser  2
Common Merganser  10
Ring-billed Gull  10
Blue Jay  2
Black-billed Magpie  4
American Crow  6
Black-capped Chickadee  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Brown Creeper  3
American Robin  1
European Starling  4
Dark-eyed Junco  6
    Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  4
    Dark-eyed Junco (Pink-sided)  1
    Dark-eyed Junco (Gray-headed)  1
Red-winged Blackbird  2
House Finch  8
House Sparrow  4

Walden Ponds:  
Nov 17, 2012 8:45 AM - 9:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
18 species (+1 other taxa)

Snow Goose  1
Canada Goose  100
Trumpeter/Tundra Swan  1, flyover
Gadwall  20
American Wigeon  40
Mallard  20
Northern Shoveler  6
Green-winged Teal  2
Canvasback  1
Ring-necked Duck  40
Bufflehead  2
Common Goldeneye  6
Red-tailed Hawk  2
American Coot  30
Killdeer  1
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Ring-billed Gull  50
Rock Pigeon  20
Song Sparrow  1

Other Interesting Sightings:

Cassin's Finch, 1, at Steve's house in NW Longmont. 11/16/12.
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Total Species Seen:  34

 

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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November 17, 2012
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Bird of the Day


    Brown Creeper
      "Where's Waldo"    
© Steve Frye
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Brown Creeper    
The creepers put on a show - crawling all
over a few large cottonwoods. My images are not great, but it's hard to get
them to stay still. I've included a "where's Waldo" shot to give you an idea of how hard these birds can be to spot regardless of their activity. When you are along a ditch or stream this winter listen for the brown creepers' thin, high call as it moves from tree to tree.

Cornell Lab of Ornithology,

All About Birds

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