Wild Bird Center Saturday Bird Walks
birders
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!

 

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  --Thanks, Steve   

 

February 22, 2014.  Sunny and cool. 25°F. 3-10 mph.
                                           7 participants.
binoculars and child

This is the time of year when the water swings back and forth between frozen and open. Today we had open water and lots of waterfowl. On the slide show
note the red-winged blackbird not showing its red shoulders and the bald eagle next to its nest. This nest is on a farm to the east of Union Reservoir-one that I did not know about until today. Go eagles! Also, read about the wild ride of our Bird of the Day.

View our Saturday, February 22, 2014 Bird Walk SLIDE SHOW
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Albion Lane:
Feb 22, 2014 7:55 AM - 8:00 AM
Protocol: Stationary
3 species

Eurasian Collared-Dove  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
American Goldfinch  2

McIntosh Reservoir:
Feb 22, 2014 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.75 mile(s)
22 species

Canada Goose  50
American Wigeon  4
Mallard  10
Northern Pintail  6
Redhead  1
Common Goldeneye  30
Common Merganser  50
Horned Grebe  1
Great Blue Heron  1
Bald Eagle  1
Ring-billed Gull  100
Herring Gull  2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  10
Eurasian Collared-Dove  4
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)  2
American Kestrel  2
Blue Jay  2
Black-capped Chickadee  3
American Robin  2
European Starling  10
Red-winged Blackbird  2
House Finch  2

Jim Hamm Pond:
Feb 22, 2014 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.25 mile(s)
11 species

Canada Goose  300
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Eurasian Collared-Dove  6
Northern Flicker  1
Blue Jay  2
American Robin  1
European Starling  10
American Pipit  1
American Tree Sparrow  10
Red-winged Blackbird  4
Western Meadowlark  1

Union Reservoir:
Feb 22, 2014 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
23 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose  1000
Gadwall  2
American Wigeon  6
Mallard  40
Northern Shoveler  2
Northern Pintail  16
Green-winged Teal  30
Redhead  20
Ring-necked Duck  20
Common Goldeneye  50
Common Merganser  100
Red-breasted Merganser  4
Horned Grebe  1
Bald Eagle  1
Red-tailed Hawk  3
    Red-tailed Hawk (Harlan's)  1
Ring-billed Gull  20
    gull sp.  300
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  40
Eurasian Collared-Dove  6
American Kestrel  3
European Starling  100
Red-winged Blackbird  6
Western Meadowlark  10
House Sparrow  4

Little Gaynor Lake:
Feb 22, 2014 10:40 AM - 10:50 AM
Protocol: Stationary
4 species

Cackling Goose  200
Canada Goose  600
Mallard  8
Western Meadowlark  1

Gunbarrel Hill:
Feb 22, 2014 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Protocol: Stationary
3 species

Golden Eagle  2, see Bird of the Day
Bald Eagle  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
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Total species seen:  35
 
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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Bird of the Day
February 22, 2014
Saturday Bird Walk

Golden Eagle & Bald Eagle
©Steve Frye  
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Golden Eagle   
  When we drove up Gunbarrel Hill on Lookout Rd. we saw a golden eagle perched in a tree, but it was not a good place to turn out. We stopped on top of the
hill and saw a second golden soaring. While we were watching it a red-tailed hawk stooped several times trying to drive off the eagle (see slide show). The
hawk gave up and headed out. After a while, the wind came up and the golden started doing its roller coaster display where it stoops, pulls up, and then
repeats (see slide show). Then an immature bald eagle came over to the golden and took a few swipes of its own just like the red-tail had done. One so-so
image that I got is of the eagles close together staring the other down (see slide show).

Cornell Lab of Ornithology,
All About Birds
Golden Eagle

BirdFellow
Golden Eagle

Youtube Video
by Brandon Crain 
Red-Tailed Hawk vs
Golden Eagle


American Kestrels
©Steve Frye
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American Tree Sparrow
©Steve Frye
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Northern Flicker
©Steve Frye
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