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Saturday, August 2, 2014

Sunny and breezy. 65�F. 2-10 mph. 12 participants.

When we were assembling in the South Mesa Trail parking lot, I was struck by how quiet it was. It must have taken over a minute for me to hear my first bird sound. That is one reason August birding can be challenging. Now that nesting and defending territory is mostly over, the amount of song is reduced significantly. Listen for contact and flight notes. There are still great things to be seen, it's just that you have to work for them in August.

View our Regular Saturday, August 2, 2014 Bird Walk

Slide Show

South Mesa Trail:
Aug 2, 2014 7:45 AM - 9:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.5 mile(s)
29 species

Turkey Vulture 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 1
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 2
American Kestrel 1
Western Wood-Pewee 4
Western Scrub-Jay 3
Black-billed Magpie 1
Common Raven 2
Violet-green Swallow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Bushtit 1
House Wren 1
American Robin 2
Gray Catbird 2
Cedar Waxwing 2
Yellow Warbler 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Spotted Towhee 4
Song Sparrow 1
Western Tanager 1
Black-headed Grosbeak 1
Lazuli Bunting 2
Red-winged Blackbird 3
House Finch 3
Lesser Goldfinch 2
American Goldfinch 2

Baseline Reservoir--southwest corner:

Aug 2, 2014 9:40 AM - 9:50 AM
Protocol: Stationary
8 species

American White Pelican 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Ring-billed Gull 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
European Starling 1
Yellow Warbler 1
Song Sparrow 1
American Goldfinch 2

Centennial Trail:

Aug 2, 2014 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Protocol: Traveling
0.75 mile(s)
20 species

Double-crested Cormorant 1
Turkey Vulture 3
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Eurasian Collared-Dove 1
Mourning Dove 4
Black-chinned Hummingbird 1, see Bird of the Day
Northern Flicker 1
Western Wood-Pewee 2
Blue Jay 1
Barn Swallow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 2
House Wren 2
American Robin 2
Gray Catbird 1
Cedar Waxwing 1
Yellow Warbler 2
Bullock's Oriole 2
House Finch 4
Lesser Goldfinch 4
American Goldfinch 6

Total species seen: 39

Note: Species in bold are birds that were special on the walk for
reasons like a great view, out-of-season, great numbers, or rarity.

Every Saturday Morning

- From 7:30 a.m. (promptly) to 10 am -

Meet at Wild Bird Center of Boulder

1641 - 28th St., Boulder, CO 80301

(303) 442-1322

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--Thanks, Steve

Wild Bird Center of Boulder, CO

AUGUST 2, 2014

Wild Bird Center

Boulder, Colorado

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Bird of the Day
August 2, 2014
Saturday Bird Walk

Black-Chinned Hummingbird

�Steve Frye

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Black-Chinned Hummingbird

Twenty years ago, our sighting of a black-chinned hummingbird in Boulder County would have brought out the birding masses. It is still a noteworthy sighting, but it's not enough now to bring the masses. That is how much things have changed since I first started Saturday morning bird walks 25 years ago. This bird (or one just like it) has been on this trail and even in the same tree for at least three years. In fact, when we went by the tree on our first pass we didn't see any hummingbird. I was a bit put out, but I figured maybe it was too late in the year for it to be hanging around its old haunts. However, on our return trip there it was as expected.

Cornell Lab of Ornithology,
All About Birds

Black-Chinned Hummingbird

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Black-Chinned Hummingbird

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Black-Chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri