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Duane
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- Greeley, Co
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I would say it is a Immature male Broad-tailed Hummingbird, Note the first few flame feathers in the gorget.
I'll never see this may together in Nunn! Lucky you! Gary
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This Blue Jay just stole a worm from a robin.. They sure are a pretty Bird with odd chirp.
What a pretty boy....do you know they feed their mate? ......I lived the other twenty years in OHIO and the cardinal is the state bird of the buckeye state.
Still waiting for one of these in my Nunn, CO yard-Gary
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- What city/state are you from?
- Greeley, Co
- Gender
- Male
- Favorite Colorado Bird?
- Hummingbird
- National Audubon Society member?
- No
- Favorite Colorado Birding Location?
- My back yard.
- Do you know about the Colorado Birding Trail project?
- Yes
- Age Group?
- >56
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Comment Wall (3 comments)
- At 8:18am on September 1, 2008,
Beverly said… - Hey Duane...be sure to check this out:
http://brdpics.blogspot.com/2008/08/shake-tail-feather.html
Bill Schmoker (excellent Colorado birder/photographer) discusses female hummingbirds and includes some nice pics, too.
- At 8:04am on August 30, 2008,
Beverly said…
- Well, what I've learned is that the Calliope is very small, smaller than the other hummers that pass through CO and it has an unusually short tail and shorter bill, comparatively speaking. The seemingly popular field-marker for Calliopes is that if the wings extend to the edge or past the tail; it's a Calliope. I learned this when I posted a simply awful little photo on my blog and some guy about went on and on that I needed to post it at a Rare Bird Alert page. It was a funny….
In addition to its short tail, the Calliope doesn't pump its tail the way many others, like the Black-chinned, do. This is a mountain bird (seen as high as 11,000') which likes to perch, and nest, low to the ground. According to Dan True (Hummingbirds of North America) "…this is a clue to recognizing the bird. In the wild, it flies low and stays low, rarely getting above five feet. Attracting this hummingbird with a feeder would best be done with one located no higher than four feet."
Past that…and understanding birds, like people, vary enough individual to individual; it is fairly impossible to discern a female Calliope from a Rufus or a Broad-tailed female, though RT Peterson mentions the female Calliope may be somewhat paler in the buffy-underside area.
- At 2:05pm on August 26, 2008,
Gary Lefko said…
- Welcome! Howdy neighbor--I live in Nunn. Trail is at http://www.coloradobirdingtrail.com/ Gary
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