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  Saturday Bird Walk − Bird Count − June 25, 2016   
Sunny and warm. 80°F. 2-10 mph. 11 participants.

I've been wanting to go to Sage Trail for several weeks, but the vote always went another way, so today I vetoed all other options so we could go there. We had great flowers, snakes, and birds.
                                  
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Bird of the Day
Common Nighthawk − 
Chordeiles minor

  
Common Nighthawks are one of those birds that look pretty large when they are flying and
Common Nighthawk ©Steve Frye

quite small when they are perched. Nighthawks and their kin often perch along a branch rather than across it. This posture along with their coloration helps them hide in plain sight during the day. 


Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds:
 
Birdfellow:  Common Nighthawk

Youtube Video by 
LabofOrnithology:
 Voices: Common Nighthawk
 
Flickriver:  Common Nighthawk
Bird Count:  Saturday, June 25, 2016
  


Boulder Valley Ranch-Sage Trail
, Boulder, Colorado, US
Jun 25, 2016 7:45 AM - 10:00 AM
Western Meadowlark 
©Clark Anderson
Protocol: Traveling
1.75 mile(s)
40 species

Mallard 1
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Cooper's Hawk 1, being chased by kingbirds
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Killdeer 1
Mourning Dove 6
Common Nighthawk 1, see Bird of the Day
Black-chinned Hummingbird 1
Northern Flicker 3
Western Kingbird 4
Eastern Kingbird 1
Violet-Green Swallow ©Steve Frye

Black-billed Magpie 6
American Crow 1
Tree Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 2
Cliff Swallow 4
Black-capped Chickadee 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 6
American Robin 6
Gray Catbird 1
European Starling 10
Common Yellowthroat 3
Prickly Poppy ©Jane Baryames

Yellow Warbler 6
Yellow-breasted Chat 4
Lark Sparrow 3
Vesper Sparrow 1
Spotted Towhee 2
Blue Grosbeak 2
Lazuli Bunting 1
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Western Meadowlark 6
Brewer's Blackbird 1
Common Grackle 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 8
Bullock's Oriole 6
House Finch 4
Lesser Goldfinch 1
American Goldfinch 6
 
 
Boulder Reservoir--Boulder, Colorado, US
Jun 25, 2016 10:10 AM - 10:40 AM
Prairie Coneflower ©Steve Frye

Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
16 species

Canada Goose 20
Mallard 40
American White Pelican 1
American Bittern 1
Great Blue Heron 16
Turkey Vulture 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Western Kingbird 2
Eastern Kingbird 5
Black-billed Magpie 4
Barn Swallow 4
European Starling 10
Common Yellowthroat 1
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Western Meadowlark 4
Common Grackle 2

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Total species seen: 44   
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