Morning Birding Species List | August 22, 2017

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Tuesday, August 22, 2017, 7AM – 10AM  
Weather: sunny
Location: Hallam Lake and the Aspen Community Garden

Species Identified
Mallard Black-chinned Hummingbird Broad-tailed Hummingbird Rufous Hummingbird Belted Kingfisher Red-naped Sapsucker Northern Flicker Western Wood-Peewee Eastern Kingbird Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay Black-billed Magpie American Crow Black-capped Chickadee Mountain Chickadee House Wren		Gray Catbird Cedar Waxwing Orange-crowned Warbler MacGillivray’s Warbler Yellow Warbler Townsend’s Warbler Green-tailed Towhee Chipping Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Song Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow House Finch Pine Siskin American Goldfinch American Robin

Comments:

Today’s outing was a fast-paced frenzy of exciting bird activity both at Hallam Lake and the Community Garden. Waves of fall activity have been happening as species fledge their young, prepare for migration, and depart the valley. Lately, migrating warblers are passing through the valley and local warblers are molting into non-breeding plumage and actively feeding as they build up fuel for their migration. Today we observed many juvenile birds of many species, giving us great opportunities to study their field marks. We also observed hummingbirds at close range and learned their distinctive field marks, especially among the females. Bird activity was so rich that we only covered a section of the trail along Hallam Lake at ACES, and we had to get out of the car on the road to the garden because the bird activity began well before we were at our destination. We did see a few ‘mystery’ birds that we were not able to positively identify as well. Join us next week for another excellent birding outing at this exciting time of year!

~ Rebecca Weiss, ACES Bird Guide 

 

Photo by Dale Armstrong