 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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April 20, 2013
Partly cloudy and calm. 45°F. 2-4 mph. 22 participants.
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Lots of good birds coming into our area (and some leaving). We saw a total of 9 osprey on the walk this morning and on my way home I saw 4 of the 6 nesting Longmont Ospreys taking my total today to 13! At one point during the walk, a rouge osprey was hanging around two of the nesting couples on the northwest section of Boulder Reservoir. One of the slideshow images shows this osprey on a close pass to one of the couples. The intruder did not seem welcome. Thanks to all the photographers for sending images from today's walk. Click on the info button of the slideshow to see who captured the images. View our Saturday, April, 20, 2013 Bird Walk
Boulder Reservoir:Apr 20, 2013 7:45 AM - 9:00 AM Protocol: Traveling 5.0 mile(s) 40 speciesCanada Goose 4 Gadwall 20 American Wigeon 4 Mallard 4 Green-winged Teal 10 Western Grebe 20 American White Pelican 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Osprey 7Bald Eagle 2 Red-tailed Hawk 2 American Coot 250 Killdeer 2 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Least Sandpiper 2Baird's Sandpiper 3Franklin's Gull 1Ring-billed Gull 5 Rock Pigeon 2 Eurasian Collared-Dove 2 Mourning Dove 3 Northern Flicker 1 American Kestrel 2 Peregrine Falcon 1Say's Phoebe 1Black-billed Magpie 3 American Crow 1 Mountain Bluebird 20American Robin 2 Sage Thrasher 7European Starling 6 American Pipit 1Vesper Sparrow 2Red-winged Blackbird 20 Western Meadowlark 8 Brewer's Blackbird 2Common Grackle 4 Great-tailed Grackle 1House Finch 2 American Goldfinch 1
Lagerman Reservoir:
Apr Apr 20, 2013 9:10 AM - 10:10 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 mile(s) 19 speciesCanada Goose 4 Gadwall 2 Northern Shoveler 2 Western Grebe 5 Turkey Vulture 8Osprey 2Northern Harrier 1Bald Eagle 3 nest with at least one youngRed-tailed Hawk 2 Killdeer 1 American Avocet 1Eurasian Collared-Dove 2 Mourning Dove 1 Northern Flicker 1 American Kestrel 2 American Robin 2 American Pipit 1 Red-winged Blackbird 10 Western Meadowlark 4 ________________________________________________ Total species seen: 44
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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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Sage Thrasher
