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Wild Bird Center Saturday Morning Birders

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day -- Henry David Thoreau 

Upcoming Events: Walk on the Wild Side, Sat May 19

Put this on your calendar! Last year we had a great time at Walk on the Wild Side, and this years’ walk should prove to be even better. Learn more details and pledge on the web site listed below. Last years’ money went to fund recently planted native and wildlife-friendly plants at Walden Ponds. If you would like to help us out, we need volunteers to station spotting scopes along the birding route and to talk about birds and wildlife with the participants. You need not be a birding expert to do this. If you can volunteer, please call the Wild Bird Center at 303-442-1322. 

Watch this space for future events or call the store at 303-442-1322 if you have any questions.

A great morning out, saw all kinds of great things. We watched an osprey take a bath, a courtship display of a spotted sandpiper, a territorial dispute between meadowlarks, a giant snapping turtle sunning, and baby owls.
 
Boulder Reservoir:  
May 5, 2012 7:45 AM - 9:00 AM. Sunny and warm.  65°F.  0-4 mph.  21 participants.  
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
41 species
 
Canada Goose  4
Gadwall  8
American Wigeon  2
Mallard  6
Cinnamon Teal  1
Northern Shoveler  2
Green-winged Teal  8
Eared Grebe  1
Western Grebe  3
American White Pelican  3
Great Blue Heron  2, on nest
White-faced Ibis  12
Turkey Vulture  5
Osprey  5, 3 nests occupied, 1 bathing
Northern Harrier  1
Swainson's Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2, on nest
American Kestrel  1
American Coot  8
Killdeer  2
Spotted Sandpiper  5, courtship display
Long-billed Dowitcher  1
Wilson's Phalarope  1
Franklin's Gull  20
Eurasian Collared-Dove  4
Mourning Dove  4
Say's Phoebe  1
Western Kingbird  1
Blue Jay  2
Black-billed Magpie  2
Tree Swallow  1
Barn Swallow  2
American Robin  2
European Starling  4
Green-tailed Towhee  1
Vesper Sparrow  1
Red-winged Blackbird  20
Western Meadowlark  6
Common Grackle  10
Great-tailed Grackle  1
American Goldfinch  1
 
Twin Lakes:  
May 5, 2012 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
29 species
 
Canada Goose  2
Mallard  5
Bufflehead  3, females
Great Blue Heron  3
Turkey Vulture  2
Red-tailed Hawk  1
        Red-tailed Hawk (Western)  1
Killdeer  2
Great Horned Owl  4, two nestlings
Belted Kingfisher  1
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  1
        Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)  1
Blue Jay  1
American Crow  2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  2
Barn Swallow  2
Cliff Swallow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Bushtit  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
House Wren  1
American Robin  2
Song Sparrow  1
Red-winged Blackbird  4
Common Grackle  6
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  1
House Sparrow  1
 
Total species seen: 56

 Wild Bird Center Saturday Walks:

From 7:30 am (promptly) to 9:45 am (approximately)

Every Saturday year-round. No reservations required.  Every last Saturday of the month we travel further afield than normal and return a little later.  Bird walk locations are determined on the morning of the walk.

To sign up for or be removed from the bird walk list simply write us an e-mail at WBCBoulderCO@aol.com. Thanks