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Show off! Mine are all gone now, off to South America. I
won't see them again until March.

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8^)~ Sue (remove the x to email)
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Hello! Good to see you - and him/her - again :-)

Am I right in thinking it's a rufus? I want to make sure it's in the right
file.

Mary

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"Paddy's Pig" wrote:

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Show off! Mine are all gone now, off to South America. I
won't see them again until March.


Hahahaha!

Yeah I guess I am a showoff. I'm sorry to hear yours are gone but it's only
temporary Suzie.

Mine are apparently a different breed. Here in my backyard (Southern
California) we have mostly Anna's Hummingbirds and they don't migrate.
They're year-round residents. That's what this little fellow is.
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Pat Durkin

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Hello! Good to see you - and him/her - again :-)

Hi Mary. Yeah - this is a him.

Am I right in thinking it's a rufus? I want to make sure it's in the right
file.

No this is an Anna's Hummer. The Rufus is sort of a coppery color and its
gorget is a different color.

Actually it's sort of hard to tell what color this bird is in these two
shots because the lighting was far from ideal. It was darkening late
afternoon. The setting sun was behind him - making all his front side in a
shadow area - so he looks more like a flying silhouette than the colorful
little 3-dimensional creature he is.

Anyway, I'll tell him you said hello.
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Pat Durkin

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Am I right in thinking it's a rufus? I want to make sure it's in the
right
file.


Here's a Rufus.
--
Pat Durkin

"Paddy's Pig" wrote in message
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Here's a Rufus.


All hummingbirds are great flyers but according to what I've read the Rufus
can outfly all of them. Hummingbird males are very territorial and
aggressive towards other males. The male Rufus can bully other breeds like
the Anna's or the Costa's that also inhabit my area.

I'm sure it's dead serious for them but to me it just looks like they're
playing tag and having fun.
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Pat Durkin

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"Paddy's Pig" wrote in message
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Hello! Good to see you - and him/her - again :-)

Hi Mary. Yeah - this is a him.

Am I right in thinking it's a rufus? I want to make sure it's in the
right file.

No this is an Anna's Hummer. The Rufus is sort of a coppery color and its
gorget is a different color.

Oh bugger, I'll have to move him to another folder. But he did look coppery
....

Actually it's sort of hard to tell what color this bird is in these two
shots because the lighting was far from ideal. It was darkening late
afternoon. The setting sun was behind him - making all his front side in
a shadow area - so he looks more like a flying silhouette than the
colorful little 3-dimensional creature he is.

Anyway, I'll tell him you said hello.

Thanks :-)

Mary

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Am I right in thinking it's a rufus? I want to make sure it's in the
right
file.


Here's a Rufus.
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Pat Durkin
Excuse me, I don't want to offend you, but that looks artificial!

Mary

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Excuse me, I don't want to offend you, but that looks artificial!


Wait 'til I tell him Mrs. Claus says he's a fake.
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Pat Durkin

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"Paddy's Pig" wrote:

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Show off! Mine are all gone now, off to South America. I
won't see them again until March.


Hahahaha!

Yeah I guess I am a showoff. I'm sorry to hear yours are gone but it's only
temporary Suzie.

Mine are apparently a different breed. Here in my backyard (Southern
California) we have mostly Anna's Hummingbirds and they don't migrate.
They're year-round residents. That's what this little fellow is.


I would have guessed a rufous because of the coloring. But I guess
they've gone to florida by now.

--
8^)~ Sue (remove the x to email)
~~~~
http://www.umbrellahatsociety.com/
http://www.suzanne-eckhardt.com/

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"Mary Fisher" wrote in message
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Excuse me, I don't want to offend you, but that looks artificial!


Wait 'til I tell him Mrs. Claus says he's a fake.

Send him round, I'll fix him to the tree!

Mary

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I would have guessed a rufous because of the coloring. But I guess
they've gone to florida by now.

Ah, so I'm not alone,

Mary