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Saturday Bird Walk - Bird Count - Dec 5, 2015
Partly cloudy and mild. 40°F. 2-4 mph. 12 participants.
Life gets tough on a bird watcher when the ice starts covering the lakes and ponds. Not necessarily because of the cold conditions, but because many of the birds leave or they are all out in the middle of the lake far away. It reduces those intimate moments you have with close up birds. We ended well this morning, not seeing our Bird of the Day until the last moment. Also included in today's slide show are a few images from Wildlife Tree Day.
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Bird of the Day: Tundra Swan − Cygnus columbianus
When we got out of our cars this morning at McIntosh, we could see a large white bird out
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onthe ice quite clearly with our naked eyes. The only real possibilities were pelican or swan. A quick look through the binoculars showed that it was a swan. After studying its bill for a while we determined it was a tundra and not the rarer trumpeter. The black eye of a trumpeter seems to be incorporated into the black bill, whereas a tudra's black eye is set back from the bill and only connected by a small extension of its black bill. (Take a look at the field guides or the web sites below to see what I mean)
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds:
Youtube Video by Cobrrdrr:
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Bird Count: Saturday, December 5, 2015|
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Red-Tailed Hawk ©Kevin Rutherford
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Boulder Reservoir complex--Boulder Res,
Boulder, Colorado, US
Dec 5, 2015 7:45 AM - 9:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
15 species (+1 other taxa)
Cackling/Canada Goose 400 Many, many backlit white-cheeked geese on Six Mile Reservoir
Bufflehead 1
Common Goldeneye 8
Hooded Merganser 3
Common Merganser 200
Red-tailed Hawk 3
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Common Goldeneye ©Neal Zaun
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American Coot 40
Ring-billed Gull 80
Herring Gull 2
Eurasian Collared-Dove 1
Northern Flicker 1
American Kestrel 1
Black-billed Magpie 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
European Starling 10
Red-winged Blackbird 6
House Sparrow 1
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McIntosh Reservoir, Boulder, Colorado, US
Dec 5, 2015 9:20 AM - 9:55 AM
Protocol: Stationary
5 species
Tundra Swan 1, see Bird of the Day
American Coot 4
Ring-billed Gull 20
Herring Gull 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
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Total species seen: 20
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Resources and Quick Links
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Wildlife Tree Day ©Steve Frye
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Purple Finches and Goldfinch ©Steve Frye
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Saturday Birders - Boulder, CO
©Steve Frye
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Meet for Sat Morning Bird Walks
From 7:30 am (promptly) to 10 am
Meet at Wild Bird Company
1641 - 28th St., Boulder, CO
(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! --Thanks, Steve
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