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strange hummingbird
We were sitting outside this afternoon and couldn't believe our
eyes! A black and white hummingbird! After a frustrating search on google it may be either a female blue throated or a Lucifer hummingbird. Is that possible? Any good hummingbird identification sites you all have found? Thanks, Jeny |
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strange hummingbird
"Raleighgirl" wrote in message . com... We were sitting outside this afternoon and couldn't believe our eyes! A black and white hummingbird! After a frustrating search on google it may be either a female blue throated or a Lucifer hummingbird. Is that possible? Any good hummingbird identification sites you all have found? Thanks, Jeny It's rare, but not unheard of, for species other than ruby throated hummingbirds to visit the Eastern US. I found a decent ID site with lots of pictures at http://home.earthlink.net/~zoiseaux. The site also gives some tips for identification. It's possible what you saw was a female or juvenile ruby throated - check the pictures and see if any of them approximate what you saw. Here's another pretty thorough hummingbird ID site: http://wwww.portalproductions.com/h/id.htm with links to pictures and range maps. |
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"Jennifer Richards" wrote in message . com... | | "Raleighgirl" wrote in message | . com... | We were sitting outside this afternoon and couldn't believe our | eyes! A black and white hummingbird! After a frustrating search | on google it may be either a female blue throated or a Lucifer | hummingbird. Is that possible? Any good hummingbird | identification sites you all have found? | Thanks, | Jeny | | It's rare, but not unheard of, for species other than ruby throated | hummingbirds to visit the Eastern US. I found a decent ID site with lots of | pictures at http://home.earthlink.net/~zoiseaux. The site also gives some | tips for identification. It's possible what you saw was a female or | juvenile ruby throated - check the pictures and see if any of them | approximate what you saw. Here's another pretty thorough hummingbird ID | site: http://wwww.portalproductions.com/h/id.htm with links to pictures and | range maps. | WOW Jennifer, everything you wanted to know about hummers and more! Thanks for the websites. Jeny |
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strange hummingbird
If you get a look in better lighting and are sure it isn't a
Ruby-throated, you can report it at this site: http://www.naturalsciences.org/nchummers/ Neither Blue-throated nor Lucifer has been seen in NC, but that doesn't mean they couldn't show up here. Raleighgirl wrote: We were sitting outside this afternoon and couldn't believe our eyes! A black and white hummingbird! After a frustrating search on google it may be either a female blue throated or a Lucifer hummingbird. Is that possible? Any good hummingbird identification sites you all have found? Thanks, Jeny |
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[oops, I mistakenly sent my reply to Jeny directly without "editing" her
email address, so it bounced -- you'd think I'd learn how to respond to newsgroup posts, but nooooooo...... in any event, here goes] Jeny, I think that your "black and white" hummingbird may have simply been a wet female Ruby-throated Hummingbird (the only species normally seen in the Eastern US, except for the occasional overwintering Rufuous Hummingbird). Although the various bird guides show the female Ruby-throated as green on the back (along with just about every other hummer in the world, as far as I can see), they simply don't always look the same way! Sometimes they seem green, sometimes just dark, depending on light, etc. They may also look different when moulting (growing new feathers), but I think this is the wrong time of year for that. For info on hummingbirds in general, I suggest you visit http://www.rubythroat.org/OtherSpeciesMain.html Anne Lurie NE Raleigh "Raleighgirl" wrote in message . com... We were sitting outside this afternoon and couldn't believe our eyes! A black and white hummingbird! After a frustrating search on google it may be either a female blue throated or a Lucifer hummingbird. Is that possible? Any good hummingbird identification sites you all have found? Thanks, Jeny |
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