 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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May 11, 2013 Sunny and hot. 30 participants.
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An excellent bird walk from the reports I received. I was away so Bill Eeds from the Wild Bird Center led the walk. Thanks, Bill View our Saturday, May 11, 2013 Bird Walk and Images from the Past Week taken by Steve Frye
SLIDESHOW(Note: For additional notes on the photos in the slideshow, click on "Show info" at the top right of the slideshow.) Boulder Creek--University of Colorado campus:
MayTraveling 0.25 miles 60 Minutes 2 Wood Duck8 Turkey Vulture 1 Golden Eagle 3 Chimney Swift1 Downy Woodpecker (Rocky Mts.) 2 Northern Flicker 4 American Crow 6 Common Raven 2 Violet-green Swallow 6 Black-capped Chickadee2 White-breasted Nuthatch 5 Yellow-rumped Warbler 4 House Finch 2 House Sparrow 2 Rock Pigeon (Domestic type) Sombrero Marsh & Pond:
Traveling 0.25 miles 75 Minutes 2 Canada Goose 2 Gadwall 2 Mallard 2 Blue-winged Teal2 Cinnamon Teal1 Redhead 4 Ring-necked Duck 2 Lesser Scaup 8 Bufflehead1 Ruddy Duck 2 Pied-billed Grebe 2 Western Grebe 1 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Great Blue Heron 2 Turkey Vulture 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk, chasing a red-wing2 Swainson's Hawk 2 Red-tailed Hawk 10 American Coot 1 Killdeer 8 Wilson's Phalarope1 Eurasian Collared-Dove 1 Eastern Phoebe2 Blue Jay 2 Black-billed Magpie 2 American Crow 2 Common Raven 4 Barn Swallow 6 Cliff Swallow 4 American Robin 2 European Starling 1 Orange-crowned Warbler20 Yellow-rumped Warbler1 Common Yellowthroat, see Bird of the Day1 Song Sparrow 1 Western Tanager 20 Red-winged Blackbird 15 Yellow-headed Blackbird2 Common Grackle 2 House Sparrow ________________________________________________ Total species seen: 51
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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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Common Yellowthroat
Bald Eagles