Royal RangersDiscovery Ranger

Bird Merit Presentation

Presented by Hayden Dawson

HUMMINGBIRD BANDING PARADISE, ARIZONA

SEPTEMBER 2009

He is called the Hum-Bird or Humming-Bird, because some say he makes a noise like a Spinning Wheel when he flies…

Nehemiah Grew, M.D. (1693)

Setting the traps

Ever so carefully…

collecting the Birds

Banding and Recording

Some hummingbirds weigh less than a penny.

Hummingbirds beat their wings 70-80 beats per second.

Hummingbirds can fly forwards, backwards, up, down ,sideways and  hover in mid air.

Feeding & Releasing

Then came the rain…

and the hummingbirds perched in the trees.

When the rain stopped the birds came out again.

Special Thanks

Top: Female Black-chinned HummingbirdMiddle: Adult Male Blue-throated Hummingbird

Bottom: Juvenile Black-chinned Hummingbird

Winston & Jackie Lewis

for teaching me about birds

Top: Male Juvenile Rufus Hummingbird

Below Left: Male Blue-throated Hummingbird

Below Right: Adult Female Broad-Tailed Hummingbird

The George Walker HouseParadise, Arizona

Built 1902

www.thegeorgewalkerhouse.com

Top: Male Blue-throated HummingbirdMiddle: Female Broad-tailed Hummingbird

Bottom: Juvenile Male Rufus

Western Hummingbird Project

Right: Adult Male Rufus Hummingbirds

Left: Juvenile Rufus HummingbirdBelow: Male Blue-throated

Hummingbird

Mom (Laurie Dawson)for helping me

Right: Juvenile Male or Adult Female Broad-tailed

HummingbirdBelow Left: Male Rufus

Below Right: Female Broad –tailed Hummingbird

Photographs by

Adult Male Rufus Hummingbird

Adult Male Black-chinned Hummingbird

Hayden Dawson

Above Left: Adult Male Rufus HummingbirdAbove Right: Adult Male Blue Throated

HummingbirdLeft: Adult Male Broad-Tailed Hummingbird

Alexandra Dawson

Laurie Dawson

The End