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   

 

January 12, 2013  Cold and cloudy with occasional flurries.
                                        7°F.  0-4 mph.  7 participants.
binoculars and child This morning was a chilly start to the bird walks this year. Everybody was hunkered down. Not many showing their faces, but we did have a good raptor showing. Thanks to the brave souls who came out on the walk this morning.

Boulder Reservoir: 
Jan 12, 2013 7:45 AM - 8:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
8 species

Canada Goose  20
Golden Eagle  1
Bald Eagle  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Rough-legged Hawk  1
American Kestrel  2
Black-billed Magpie  3
European Starling  40

Lagerman Reservoir:
Jan 12, 2013 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
7 species

Canada Goose  80
Bald Eagle  1
Red-tailed Hawk  3
Ferruginous Hawk  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Black-billed Magpie  2
Western Meadowlark  1

Niwot Cemetery and Nimbus Rd:  
Jan 12, 2013 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
3 species

Red-tailed Hawk  3
Eurasian Collared-Dove  8
House Sparrow  20

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Total Species Seen:  13

 

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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Bird of the Day

 Rough-legged Hawk   
© Steve Frye      
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Rough-legged Hawk

The county has been losing its "prairie" raptors like Ferruginous and Rough-Legged over the last few decades in part due to its loss of prairie. It was nice to see both of these birds this morning. In the recent past I have gone an entire winter without seeing a rough-leg in the county. Thanks to Edie Israel for some of the photos this morning.

Cornell Lab of Ornithology,

All About Birds

   Rough-legged Hawk 

 
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