Fun Facts Blackbirds & Orioles · Meadowlark, Northern Flicker, Black-billed Magpie & Red-breasted...
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© Dave Showalter http://rockies.audubon.org (970) 416-6931 Cover Photo of Broad-tailed Hummingbird & photographs of Western Meadowlark, Northern Flicker, Black-billed Magpie & Red-breasted Nuthatch are all courtesy of © Gerhard Assenmacher The Gardens on Spring Creek Birding Guide Blackbirds & Orioles Western Meadowlark Red-winged Blackbird © Peter G. Arnold Common Grackle © Peter G. Arnold © Peter G. Arnold Rufous Hummingbird Protecting Birds and their Habitat in Colorado and Wyoming 2145 Centre Ave., Fort Collins, CO 80526 http://fcgov.com/gardens/ (970) 416-2486 http://boulderaudubon.org http://fortnet.org/audubon/ http://home.lonetree.com/audubon/ Fun Facts Common Grackles are frequent practitioners of anting - letting ants crawl over its body and wings. The ants secrete formic acid that help rid the bird of parasites. Barn Swallow parents sometimes get help from other birds to feed their young. These “helpers at the nest” are usually older siblings from previous clutches, but unrelated juveniles may help as well. Horned Lark females perform a courting display that looks very much as if she is taking a dust bath. In fact, potential mates seem prone to confusion on this score: a male catching a glimpse of a dust-bathing female may attempt to mate with her. House Finch males have red coloring which comes from pigments contained in its food during molt (birds can’t make bright red or yellow colors directly). So the more pigment in the food, the redder the male!
Transcript of Fun Facts Blackbirds & Orioles · Meadowlark, Northern Flicker, Black-billed Magpie & Red-breasted...
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© Dave Showalter
http://rockies.audubon.org
(970) 416-6931
Cover Photo of Broad-tailed Hummingbird & photographs of Western
Meadowlark, Northern Flicker, Black-billed Magpie & Red-breasted
Nuthatch are all courtesy of © Gerhard Assenmacher
The Gardens on Spring Creek
Birding Guide
Blackbirds & Orioles
Western Meadowlark
Red-winged Blackbird
© Peter G. Arnold
Common Grackle
© Peter G. Arnold © Peter G. Arnold
Rufous Hummingbird
Protecting Birds and their Habitat in Colorado and Wyoming
2145 Centre Ave., Fort Collins, CO 80526
http://fcgov.com/gardens/
(970) 416-2486
http://boulderaudubon.org
http://fortnet.org/audubon/
http://home.lonetree.com/audubon/
Fun Facts
Common Grackles are frequent
practitioners of anting - letting ants crawl
over its body and wings. The ants secrete
formic acid that help rid the bird of
parasites.
Barn Swallow parents som etim es
get help from other birds to feed their
young. These “helpers at the nest” are
usually older siblings from previous
clutches, but unrelated juveniles may help
as well.
Horned Lark fem ales perform a
courting display that looks very much as if
she is taking a dust bath. In fact,
potential mates seem prone to confusion
on this score: a male catching a glimpse of
a dust-bathing female may attempt to
mate with her.
House Finch m ales have red
coloring which comes from pigments
contained in its food during molt (birds
can’t make bright red or yellow colors
directly). So the more pigment in the
food, the redder the male!
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© Peter G. Arnold
Yellow Warbler
© Peter G. Arnold
American Goldfinch Black-billed Magpie
Red-breasted Nuthatch Red-tailed Hawk
© Brent Daniel All Rights Reserved
Northern Flicker
Mallard Duck Canada Goose
© Stephen Jones
© Peter G. Arnold
House Finch Great Blue Heron © Brent Daniel All Rights Reserved
Barn Swallow © Brent Daniel All Rights Reserved
Horned Lark
© Brent Daniel All Rights Reserved
Mourning Dove © Peter G. Arnold
© Brent Daniel All Rights Reserved
© Ronald Harden
Marsh Wren
