 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 18, 2013 Partly cloudy and pleasant. 65°F. 2-5 mph. 60 participants on walks, 250 at Walk in the Wild.
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Today was a special day because we co-sponsored the Walk in the Wild Event out at Walden Ponds Open Space. This event was in celebration of International Migratory Bird Day to raise money for local bird habitat restoration. We started out by having a regular Saturday Bird Walk leaving from the store then we ended up at Walk in the Wild. From there, I led two more bird walks. We had experienced birders, kids, and many folks who had never been on a bird walk. (Can you image that?) It was a great event. The only down-side was my camera battery died and my backup was bad so I did not take a lot of images. Therefore, we don't have as many images for the slideshow, but I did get some great contributions (images that is). View our Saturday, May 18, 2013 Bird Walk
SLIDESHOW(Note: For additional notes on the photos in the slideshow, click on "Show info" at the top right of the slideshow.) Walden & Sawhill Ponds:
May 18, 2013 7:45 AM - 1:00 PM Protocol: Traveling 5.0 mile(s) 60 speciesCanada Goose 20, with youngGadwall 20 Mallard 20 Blue-winged Teal 3Cinnamon Teal 2Northern Shoveler 1 Green-winged Teal 2 Ring-necked Duck 2 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Western Grebe 4 Double-crested Cormorant 6 American White Pelican 12Great Blue Heron 6 Snowy Egret 4Turkey Vulture 1 Osprey 3Cooper's Hawk 1 Bald Eagle 1, posed for a long time in the scopesSwainson's Hawk 2 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Killdeer 6 American Avocet 6Spotted Sandpiper 2 Baird's Sandpiper 1 Eurasian Collared-Dove 2 Mourning Dove 6 Belted Kingfisher 1 Downy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 1 American Kestrel 1 Say's Phoebe 1 Eastern Kingbird 4, see bird of the dayWarbling Vireo 4 Blue Jay 1 Black-billed Magpie 1 Common Raven 2 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 Tree Swallow 8 Violet-green Swallow 1 Barn Swallow 20 Cliff Swallow 20 Black-capped Chickadee 4 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 House Wren 6 American Robin 4 European Starling 2 Common Yellowthroat 2Yellow Warbler 8 Yellow-rumped Warbler 4 Clay-colored Sparrow 1, our rarest bird of the daySong Sparrow 6 White-crowned Sparrow 1 Red-winged Blackbird 40Western Meadowlark 1 Common Grackle 10 Great-tailed Grackle 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 8 Bullock's Oriole 8House Finch 2 American Goldfinch 1________________________________________________ Total species seen: 60
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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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Eastern Kingbird
Song Sparrow
Walk in the Wild