 Every Saturday Morning
- From 7:30 a.m. (promptly) to 10 am - Meet at Wild Bird Center of Boulder 1641 - 28th St., Boulder, CO 80301 (303) 442-1322 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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June 29, 2013 Sunny, but not too hot (thanks to some shade).
70°F. 2-4 mph. 22 participants.
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We went birding at one of my favorite places this morning. I was a bit nervous about the bird watching after seeing the roads in Lyons. It hailed last night in Lyons and leaves and branches carpeted the roads (see slideshow images). However, the birding was great; we had a kestrel dive bombing a red-tailed hawk, lots of violet-green swallows, catbirds, and a great show by a juvenile American Dipper.
View our Saturday, June 29, 2013 Bird Walk Old St. Vrain Road:
Jun 29, 2013 7:50 AM - 11:20 AM Protocol: Traveling 5.0 mile(s) 46 speciesMallard 4 Wild Turkey 1Great Blue Heron 1 Red-tailed Hawk 2, one driven off by a kestrel - see slideshowRock Pigeon 2 Eurasian Collared-Dove 4 Mourning Dove 1 White-throated Swift 10Belted Kingfisher 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 1 American Kestrel 2Peregrine Falcon 1Western Wood-Pewee 3 Cordilleran Flycatcher 2 Say's Phoebe 1 Warbling Vireo 6 Blue Jay 6 Black-billed Magpie 1 American Crow 4 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 Violet-green Swallow 40Cliff Swallow 10Black-capped Chickadee 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 House Wren 6 American Dipper 1, see Bird of the DayAmerican Robin 6 Gray Catbird 4European Starling 2 Cedar Waxwing 10Yellow Warbler 8 Yellow-breasted Chat 2 Spotted Towhee 4 Western Tanager 1 Black-headed Grosbeak 4 Lazuli Bunting 4 Red-winged Blackbird 2 Brewer's Blackbird 2 Common Grackle 4 Brown-headed Cowbird 10 Bullock's Oriole 8 House Finch 6 Lesser Goldfinch 2 American Goldfinch 4 House Sparrow 2 ________________________________________________ Total species seen: 46
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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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Cedar Waxwing
Cordilleran Flycatcher
