Hi Everybody!!
Here are the highlight photos of August 30 B showing the increased activity around the feeders. The dark heads are the breeder males sitting down together and showing off for the girls! The displayed social behavior is not usually documented, as the current trend lists these birds as solitary.I have witnessed for years at this location a meeting place where the birds are very social. Of course, posting the birds to Social Media Sites has definitely helped their socialization! My hummingbirds have been 'Google Hummingbirds' for over 5 years living in my G+ Photo Albums and past Blogs. Please visit anytime. Thank you all for flying the little birds around the world. Enjoy!

Link to photostudy of August 30 B in G+ Photo Albums:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/117645114459863049265/albums/6065802892126628081

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird

Bird

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Classification of modern bird orders

See also: List of birds

Aves

Palaeognathae (ratites etc.)

Neognathae

Galloanserae (ducks, chickens, etc.)

Neoaves

Opisthocomiformes (hoatzin)

	Mesitornithidae (mesites)

	Pteroclidiformes (sandgrouses)

	Phaethontidae (tropicbirds)

	Eurypygae (sunbittern, kagu)

	Columbiformes (pigeons)

	Mirandornithes (flamingos and grebes)

Strisores (hummingbirds, swifts)

Insolitavis

	Cuculiformes (cuckoos)

	Otididae (bustards)

	Gruiformes (rails and cranes)

	Musophagidae (turacos)

	Aequornithes (loons, penguins, herons, pelicans, storks, etc)

Litoritelluraves

Charadriiformes (shorebirds)

Telluraves

Afroaves

Accipitriformes

	Strigiformes (owls)

	Coliiformes (mousebirds)

Eucavitaves

Leptosomatiformes (cuckoo roller)

Cavitaves

Trogoniformes(trogons)

Picocoraciae

Bucerotiformes(hornbills, hoopoe and wood hoopoes)

	Coraciformes

	Piciformes

Australavis

Cariamae (seriemas)

Eufalconimorphae

Falconidae(falcons)

Psittacopasserae

	Psittaciformes(parrots)

	Passeriformes(songbirds and kin)

Cladogram of modern bird relationships based on Kimball, R.T. et al. (2013)^[41] and Yury, T. et al. (2013).^[42]

The classification of birds is a contentious issue. Sibley and Ahlquist's Phylogeny and Classification of Birds (1990) is a landmark work on the classification of birds,^[43] although it is frequently debated and constantly revised. Most evidence seems to suggest the assignment of orders is accurate,^[44] but scientists disagree about the relationships between the orders themselves; evidence from modern bird anatomy, fossils and DNA have all been brought to bear on the problem, but no strong consensus has emerged. More recently, new fossil and molecular evidence is providing an increasingly clear picture of the evolution of modern bird orders.

This is a list of the taxonomic orders in the subclass Neornithes, or modern birds. This list uses the traditional classification (the so-called Clements order), revised by the Sibley-Monroe classification. The list of birds gives a more detailed summary of the orders, including families.

Subclass Neornithes
The subclass Neornithes has two extant superorders –

Superorder Palaeognathae:

The name of the superorder is derived from paleognath, the ancient Greek for "old jaws" in reference to the skeletal anatomy of the palate, which is described as more primitive and reptilian than that in other birds. The Palaeognathae consists of three orders that comprise 49 existing species.

Struthioniformes—ostriches, emus, kiwis, and allies
Rheiformes—rheas
Tinamiformes—tinamous

Superorder Neognathae:

The superorder Neognathae comprises 27 orders that have a total of nearly 10,000 species. The Neognathae have undergone adaptive radiation to produce the staggering diversity of form (especially of the bill and feet), function, and behaviour that are seen today.

The orders comprising the Neognathae are:

Anseriformes—waterfowl
Galliformes—fowl
Charadriiformes—gulls, button-quails, plovers and allies
Gaviiformes—loons
Podicipediformes—grebes
Procellariiformes—albatrosses, petrels, and allies
Sphenisciformes—penguins
Pelecaniformes—pelicans and allies
Phaethontiformes—tropicbirds
Ciconiiformes—storks and allies
Cathartiformes—New World vultures
Phoenicopteriformes—flamingos
Falconiformes—falcons, eagles, hawks and allies
Gruiformes—cranes and allies
Pteroclidiformes—sandgrouse
Columbiformes—doves and pigeons
Psittaciformes—parrots and allies
Cuculiformes—cuckoos and turacos
Opisthocomiformes—hoatzin
Strigiformes—owls
Caprimulgiformes—nightjars and allies
Apodiformes—swifts and hummingbirds
Coraciiformes—kingfishers and allies
Piciformes—woodpeckers and allies
Trogoniformes—trogons
Coliiformes—mousebirds
Passeriformes—passerines, the songbirds or perching birds

The radically different Sibley-Monroe classification (Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy), based on molecular data, found widespread adoption in a few aspects, as recent molecular, fossil, and anatomical evidence supported the Galloanserae.^[39]