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  Saturday Bird Walk − Bird Count − May 21, 2016   
Sunny and warm. 65-85°F. 2-10 mph.
30 participants + 250 Walk in the Wild participants.
Walk in the Wild ©Steve Frye

Our bird walk this morning was held in conjunction with the Walk in the Wild Celebration to increase appreciation and knowledge of migratory birds. Our bird list below is a compilation of the birds I saw while working at the Celebration and the birds seen by some of the Saturday Birders. It was a great day to celebrate birds!
 
                                  
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Bird of the Day
Peregrine Falcon − 
Falco peregrinus


 
I saw two peregrines this morning. One was an educational (i.e. injured) bird which Nature's Educators brought to Walk in
the Wild and the other was a wild bird migrating overhead.
Peregrine Falcon ©Steve Frye

Peregrines have made a good comeback and we certainly are blessed to have several pairs nest in Boulder County, but it still is a thrill to see them. We also saw a prairie falcon this morning. Both birds are about the same shape and size, but you can distinguish flying birds because prairie falcons have dark axillaries (i.e. wing pits) and peregrines have a more uniform pattern and color to their underwings.

Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds:
 
Birdfellow:  Peregrine Falcon
 
Flickriver:  Peregrine Falcon
 

Youtube Video from this Morning by WBCBoulderCO:

Youtube Video from this Morning by WBCBoulderCO:
Bird Count:  Saturday, May 21, 2016
  

Walden and Sawhill Ponds Wildlife Habitats, Colorado, US
May 21, 2016 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
American Goldfinch ©Jack Klase

Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
60 species


Canada Goose 24
Wood Duck 1
Gadwall 20
Mallard 16
Blue-winged Teal 3
Northern Shoveler 2
American White Pelicans
©Steve Frye

Green-winged Teal 1
Ring-necked Duck 5
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 2
American White Pelican 14
Great Blue Heron 4
Osprey 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Swainson's Hawk 4
Red-tailed Hawk 6
American Avocet 2
Killdeer 4
Golden Eagle ©Steve Frye

Spotted Sandpiper 3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 30
Eurasian Collared-Dove 2
Mourning Dove 6
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Peregrine Falcon 1, see Bird of the Day
Prairie Falcon 1
Western Wood-Pewee 2
Say's Phoebe 1
Eastern Kingbird 9
Warbling Vireo 3
Canada Goose Goslings 
©Kevin Rutherford

Blue Jay 1
Black-billed Magpie 1
American Crow 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3
Tree Swallow 8
Violet-green Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 16
Black-capped Chickadee 1
House Wren 14
Marsh Wren 1
American Robin 4
European Starling 7
Tree Swallow ©Kevin Rutherford

Cedar Waxwing 3
Common Yellowthroat 2
Yellow Warbler 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Song Sparrow 3
Red-winged Blackbird 30
Western Meadowlark 1
Common Grackle 2
Great-tailed Grackle 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Bullock's Oriole 4
House Finch 2
Pine Siskin 1
American Goldfinch 6
House Sparrow 2

Spotted Sandpiper ©Steve Frye




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Total species seen: 60     
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