Spent three hours at Walden Ponds. American Bittern as well as species listed below.
Walden & Sawhill Ponds (all together), Boulder, US-CO May 13, 2012 9:58 AM - 12:58 PM Protocol: Traveling 3.0 mile(s) Comments: Overcast, mild temp 43 species (+1 other taxa) Canada Goose 31 Including 8 adults with at least 13 downy young in two age groups Wood Duck 1 Gadwall 6 Mallard 1 Northern Shoveler 2 Pair Pied-billed Grebe 3 Double-crested Cormorant 1 *American White Pelican 10* Great Blue Heron 4 Heronry active. Nests obscured by foliage, but heronry noises heard Osprey 2 One adult on nest platform, one perched near. Red-tailed Hawk 1 Sora 1 Killdeer 4 *Spotted Sandpiper 4* Mourning Dove 13 Belted Kingfisher 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 *Eastern Kingbird 3* *Warbling Vireo 8 Including 4 singing and 4 in territorial conflict* Blue Jay 2 Black-billed Magpie 2 American Crow 2 *Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2* Tree Swallow 3 Violet-green Swallow 3 Cliff Swallow 3 swallow sp. 12 Black-capped Chickadee 8 House Wren 11 11 singing American Robin 20 including 5 singing European Starling 6 Yellow Warbler 20 20 singing Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 Including 1 male Audubon's Song Sparrow 4 singing *Western Tanager 1* Red-winged Blackbird 50 Dozens (at least 50) including territorial males. One male acting territorial toward male Yellow-headed blackbird; appeared agitated at proximity of male Yellow-headed to female Red-winged. Western Meadowlark 1 singing Yellow-headed Blackbird 5 Common Grackle 15 Including one carrying food *Great-tailed Grackle 1* Brown-headed Cowbird 8 *Bullock's Oriole 3* American Goldfinch 9 including 6 singing This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org) -- Chuck Hundertmark 2546 Lake Meadow Drive Lafayette, CO 80026 303-604-0531 Cell: 720-771-8659 chundertma...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
