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  Saturday Bird Walk − Bird Count − May 28, 2016   
Warm and sunny. 75°F. 2-8 mph. 16 participants.
 
We tried to stay off the trails used by Bolder Boulder Trainees this morning. It was a lovely
Bull Snake İNeal Zaun
morning and we only had one mishap crossing Bear Creek (sorry Claude). The birds are busy singing, nesting, and holding territory right now.

                                  
      View Photo Gallery                   View Slide Show
Bird of the Day
Olive-Sided Flycatcher - Contopus cooperi
 
Olive-Sided Flycatchers are one of our largest flycatchers and today we saw one eat one of our largest moths, a sphinx moth. (See slide show) That must have been quite satisfying!
Olive-Sided Flycatcher with a
Sphinx Moth İKevin Rutherford
Olive-sideds perch upright and have a large head and short tail giving it a tapered profile. Unfortunately, their population has been in steep decline for the past few decades.


Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds:
 

Youtube Video by VideoBirder:  Olive-Sided Flycatcher
 
Bird Count:  Saturday, May 28, 2016
  

Boulder Mountain Park--Bear Canyon Trail, Colorado, US
May 28, 2016 7:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Broad-Tailed Hummingbird
İSteve Frye

Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
43 species

Turkey Vulture 3
Red-tailed Hawk 4, one carrying a snake
Mourning Dove 3
White-throated Swift 2
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 6
Northern Flicker 1
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1, see Bird of the Day
Cordilleran Flycatcher 2
Cedar Waxwing İKevin Rutherford


Say's Phoebe 1
Western Kingbird 1
Steller's Jay 3
Blue Jay 2
Black-billed Magpie 4
American Crow 4
Common Raven 1
Tree Swallow 1
Violet-green Swallow 8
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Bushtit 1
House Wren 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
American Robin 3
Lazuli Bunting İKevin Rutherford

European Starling 2
Cedar Waxwing 1
MacGillivray's Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 4
Wilson's Warbler 2
Yellow-breasted Chat 8
Green-tailed Towhee 1
Spotted Towhee 8
Western Tanager 2
Rose-Breasted Grosbeak 1
Black-headed Grosbeak 6
Lazuli Bunting 10
Western Meadowlark 1
Brewer's Blackbird 2
Common Grackle 1
Western Tanager İKevin Rutherford

Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Bullock's Oriole 6
House Finch 4
Pine Siskin 1
Lesser Goldfinch 4
American Goldfinch 2
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Total species seen: 43     
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