Monday 29 April 2013

[cobirds] Walden Ponds, Boulder Co, White-faced Ibis, Golden Eagle

21 White-faced Ibis were still at Walden/Sawhill Ponds this morning. Highlight of the day, however, was a Golden Eagle by the trail with a beak full of down standing in a pile of feathers. The only flight feather I could see in the pile appeared to be a Great Horned Owl rectrix. 

All three teal species present. Yellow-rumped Warblers in abundance, nearly evenly split between Myrtle and Audubon. A few shorebirds. List below.

Canada Goose  37     at least 5 on nests
Gadwall  96
American Wigeon  18
Mallard  9
Blue-winged Teal  10
Cinnamon Teal  8
Northern Shoveler  2
Green-winged Teal  4
Ring-necked Duck  8
Bufflehead  7
Pied-billed Grebe  2
Western Grebe  6
Double-crested Cormorant  2
American White Pelican  37
Great Blue Heron  11     10 birds in heronry. at least 6 nests occupied
White-faced Ibis  21
Osprey  2     1 on
Golden Eagle  1     on ground with down in beak. feathers around feet appear to be GHOW
American Coot  9
Killdeer  6
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  2
Long-billed Dowitcher  4
Wilson's Phalarope  4
Rock Pigeon  1
Mourning Dove  6
Belted Kingfisher  2
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)  1
Black-billed Magpie  4
Tree Swallow  6
Black-capped Chickadee  7
House Wren  1
American Robin  8
European Starling  14
Yellow-rumped Warbler  14
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  12
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's)  12
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle x Audubon's)  3
Song Sparrow  6     sing
White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel's)  4
Red-winged Blackbird  25
Western Meadowlark  1
Yellow-headed Blackbird  1
Brewer's Blackbird  53
Common Grackle  16
Brown-headed Cowbird  4
American Goldfinch  2
House Sparrow  1

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S13930086

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Chuck Hundertmark
2546 Lake Meadow Drive
Lafayette, CO 80026
303-604-0531
Cell: 720-771-8659

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