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Saturday Bird Walk & Bird Count − August 5, 2017
Overcast and mild. 65°F. 2-10 mph. 15 participants.

Black-Headed Grosbeak 
©Kevin Rutherford
The Ironman Race in town thwarted my bird walk plans this morning, but it may have been a blessing in disguise because we had great birds up Skunk Canyon. The fruit trees and bushes are all putting forth their crops and the birds are taking advantage. Lots of great butterflies as well.
 Photographs from August 5, 2017 Wild Bird Company
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Skunk Canyon  ©Lark Latch



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Bird of the Day
Broad-Tailed Hummingbird
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Selasphorus platycercus
 
   
 
Broad-Tailed Hummingbird
©Kevin Rutherford
Hummingbirds are known for their aggressive behavior and we saw a lot of it this morning. We came across a small group of blue-gray gnatcatchers and every gnatcatcher seemed to have its corresponding broad-tailed hummingbird there to dive bomb and otherwise hassle the gnatcatchers as soon as they would appear from inside a bush. I'm not sure what advantage this would have for the hummingbirds? Perhaps they compete for some food resources? Part of me thinks that, like siblings, they harass them because they can. Do they really need a reason?





Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds:
Honeysuckle Berries with Boxelder Bug ©Eileen Rutherford

BirdFellow:  Broad-Tailed Hummingbird

Audubon, Guide to North American Birds:

Broad-Tailed Hummingbirds Images from Past Wild Bird Company Walks:  Broad-Tailed Hummingbird

Youtube Video by Rick Simpson:
Bird Count: Saturday, August 5, 2017


Skunk Canyon Trails,
Boulder, CO-US
Cedar Waxwing  ©Neal Zaun

August 5, 2017  
7:45 AM - 10:55 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
36 species

Turkey Vulture 3
Northern Harrier 1, seemed a bit out of place
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Eurasian Collared-Dove 1
Mourning Dove 2
American Robin  ©Jane Baryames

Broad-tailed Hummingbird 16, see Bird of the Day
Rufous Hummingbird 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1
Western Wood-Pewee 8
Cordilleran Flycatcher 1
Plumbeous Vireo 1
Steller's Jay 3
Blue Jay 2
Common Raven 2
Violet-green Swallow 10
Black-capped Chickadee 2
House Finch  ©Steve Frye

White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Pygmy Nuthatch 2
House Wren 12
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
Western Bluebird 6
American Robin 8
Gray Catbird 12
Cedar Waxwing 4
Yellow Warbler 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 3
Chipping Sparrow 2
Green-tailed Towhee 2
Spotted Towhee 20
Western Tanager 1
Western Wood-Pewee ©Steve Frye

Black-headed Grosbeak 3
House Finch 16
Lesser Goldfinch 8
American Goldfinch 6



Yellow Warbler ©Kevin Rutherford













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              Total species seen:  36
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