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  Saturday Bird Walk − Bird Count − August 20, 2016    
Sunny and mild. 65°F. 2-5 mph. 11 participants.

Rufous Hummingbird
©Kevin Rutherford

"Is this a nice day, or what?!", exclaimed Jane on the walk this morning. We were all in agreement because the birds were active and the weather was spectacular. So many hummingbirds and hummingbird fights and chases this morning. They were everywhere, the only drawback being they wouldn't sit still.

        View Photo Gallery              View Slide Show
   
Bird of the Day
Calliope Hummingbird - 
Selasphorus calliope  
Calliope
 Hummingbird 
©Kevin Rutherford
   
The name given to this hummingbird, calliope, has always been questioned. It doesn't make any sense that one of the quietest hummingbirds is named after something so loud. Calliope hummingbirds are the smallest regularly occurring bird in North America. As far as hummingbirds go, they are rather shy and unassuming. Pete Dunne describes them as dumpy because of their no-neck, hunched posture. One diagnostic field mark is their spade-shaped central tail feathers which you can kind of see in my fuzzy slide show image. 
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds:   Calliope Hummingbird
 
Birdfellow:  Calliope Hummingbird
 
Youtube Video by Peter Steuart:  Calliope Hummingbird - The Smallest North American Bird

Flickriver:  Calliope Hummingbird
Bird Count: Saturday, August 20, 2016
  

Bear Canyon Trail, Boulder, CO-US
Broad-Tailed Hummingbird
©Kevin Rutherford

Aug 20 , 2016 
7:45 AM - 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 mile(s)
35 species (+1 other taxa)

Red-tailed Hawk 2
Mourning Dove 1
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 8
Rufous Hummingbird 3
Calliope Hummingbird 2, see Bird of the Day
     hummingbird sp. 20
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
Red-Tailed Hawk ©Kevin Rutherford

American Kestrel 1
Say's Phoebe 1
Steller's Jay 2
Blue Jay 3
Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay 3, note the change from western scrub-jay
Black-billed Magpie 1
Violet-green Swallow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 8
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
House Wren 6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Lesser Goldfinch  ©Neal Zaun

American Robin 1
Gray Catbird 4
Virginia's Warbler 1
MacGillivray's Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 4
Chipping Sparrow 1
Green-tailed Towhee 1
Spotted Towhee 10
Black-headed Grosbeak 1
Lazuli Bunting 4
Western Meadowlark 1
Lazuli Bunting  ©Kevin Rutherford

House Finch 6
Red Crossbill 1
Lesser Goldfinch 6
American Goldfinch 4












House Wren  ©Kevin Rutherford


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Total species seen: 35
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Spotted Towhee ©Kevin Rutherford













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Downy Woodpecker
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