 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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January 18, 2014. Sunny and warm. 50°F. 0-3 mph.
5 participants..
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A beautiful morning. We saw lots of raptors and waterfowl, but not a lot else. Very typical of a warm January morning. It was so pleasant, in fact, that both the hooded mergansers and the mallards were engaging in courtship behaviors.
View our Saturday, January 18, 2014 Bird Walk SLIDE SHOW
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Valmont Reservoir Complex:
Jan 18, 2014 7:45 AM - 8:30 AM Protocol: Stationary 22 speciesCackling Goose 100 Canada Goose 300 Tundra Swan 1Mallard 200Northern Pintail 4Redhead 2Ring-necked Duck 40 Hooded Merganser 20, see Bird of the DayCommon Merganser 150 Red-breasted Merganser 20Pied-billed Grebe 1 Western Grebe 40 Double-crested Cormorant 2 Great Blue Heron 2 Bald Eagle 1 American Coot 100 Ring-billed Gull 1 Rock Pigeon 4 Eurasian Collared-Dove 2 Black-billed Magpie 7 Common Raven 1 European Starling 20 Walden Ponds Wildlife Habitat:
Jan 18, 2014 8:40 AM - 9:10 AM Protocol: Traveling 0.25 mile(s) 11 speciesCanada Goose 80 Ring-necked Duck 6 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Ring-billed Gull 20 American Kestrel 1 Prairie Falcon 1Song Sparrow 2 Red-winged Blackbird 30 House Finch 10 American Goldfinch 4House Sparrow 12 Boulder Reservoir complex:
Jan 18, 2014 9:40 AM - 10:30 AM Protocol: Traveling 4.0 mile(s) 15 speciesCanada Goose 20 Mallard 30Common Goldeneye 1 Hooded Merganser 8, see Bird of the DayCommon Merganser 2 Northern Harrier 1Bald Eagle 3, one trying to catch a lone gooseRed-tailed Hawk 3 Ferruginous Hawk 1Rough-legged Hawk 1American Kestrel 6Prairie Falcon 1Townsend's Solitaire 1 European Starling 20 Red-winged Blackbird 10 ________________________________________________ Total species seen: 35
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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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Hooded Mergansers
Moon Over the Front Range
Prairie Falcon