Bird enthusiasts, I spent the morning doing a waterfowl count along Boulder Creek west of 95th St. Most of this area is "access by permit only," but many of the interesting birds can be seen along the White Rocks Trail. There was heavy frost on everything, making for a spectacular morning. The highlights included two groups of EASTERN BLUEBIRDS, 1 imm/female ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK soaring over Gunbarrel Hill, and 1 HERMIT THRUSH (hatch yr). Complete run-down below.
Christian Nunes Boulder, CO [email protected] http://www.flickr.com/photos/christian_nunes/ > Location: White Rocks Trail area > Observation date: 1/4/11 > Notes: Participating in the Mid-winter Waterfowl Count. Started at 95th St. > bridge over Boulder Creek, hiked west on north shore to the White Rocks Trail > bridge, where I crossed over to south shore and hiked west to the Weiser/ERTL > property boundary. Then I hiked south to the ERTL ponds (100% frozen), then > back east to White Rocks Trail, north to Culver ditch/track, east to 95th. 10 > degrees F at start, 30 by 10. Bright sunshine, thick frost on everything, > making for a spectacularily beautiful morning. Also seen were 9 White-tailed > Deer, 7 Fox Squirrels, 3 Coyote. About 3 inches of snow on the ground. > Number of species: (47) 51 including various forms > > Cackling Goose (Richardson's) 108 > Canada Goose 183 > Cackling/Canada Goose 43 > Wood Duck 5 > American Wigeon 6 > Mallard 381 > Northern Pintail 6 > Green-winged Teal (American) 6 > Ring-necked Duck 4 > Lesser Scaup 5 > Common Goldeneye 8 > Hooded Merganser 8 > Common Merganser 5 > Great Blue Heron 4 > Bald Eagle 5 1 1st yr, 2 2nd yr, 2 3rd yr > Northern Harrier 3 > Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 > Red-tailed Hawk 6 > Red-tailed Hawk (Harlan's) 2 both dark morphs > Rough-legged Hawk 1 My first in Boulder Co. > Prairie Falcon 1 > Killdeer 2 > Wilson's Snipe 2 > Ring-billed Gull 12 > Great Horned Owl 1 > Belted Kingfisher 1 > Downy Woodpecker 5 > Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1 > Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 11 > Northern Shrike 1 > Blue Jay 8 > Black-billed Magpie 7 > American Crow 2 > Common Raven 1 > Horned Lark 1 > Black-capped Chickadee 16 > White-breasted Nuthatch (Interior West) 1 > Brown Creeper 1 > Eastern Bluebird 9 Two groups, one of five, the other of 4 > Hermit Thrush 1 Hatch year by buffy tips to the greater wing coverts. Photos. > American Robin 6 > European Starling 69 > American Pipit 1 > Spotted Towhee (Rocky Mts.) 2 > American Tree Sparrow 8 > Song Sparrow 19 > White-crowned Sparrow 10 > White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel's) 2 > Red-winged Blackbird 1 > Western Meadowlark 9 > House Finch 12 > American Goldfinch 11 > > This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
