Jane, your messages come without return addresses!

> Dennis
>
> My hummingbirds have no red or Rufous on them. They are the
> iridescent green and grey with the pinpoint shiny pink chin dot.
> Sometimes a little bit bigger. I thought this was a Rufous
> characteristic; but these birds are definitely NOT red/Rufous (and
> we have several pairs).
>
> Still "Rufous"?
>
> Jane

These sound like Anna's Hummingbirds to me, a fairly common but local
species around Seattle. Many female and/or immature male hummers show a
few iridescent feathers on the throat.

Dennis Paulson, Director phone 206-756-3798
Slater Museum of Natural History fax 206-756-3352
University of Puget Sound e-mail dpaulson at ups.edu
Tacoma, WA 98416