Subject: Xantus' Hummer
Date: Feb 11 20:51:41 1999
From: Fernwren at aol.com - Fernwren at aol.com


Some seem to assume that if this bird, the Xantus hummingbird came up the
coast somehow or another that someone would have seen it. I ask why? We all
know that ALL birds are not seen ALL the time by someone. It seems funny that
a bird like the Brambling can show up in Portland and no one has reported it
along its path from where it came from. Is there not a chance that this bird,
the Xantus came up with say, a rufous hummingbird or such. It could have been
in Alaska all summer and no one saw it til it tried to follow the rufous and
stopped in Gibson's. Just my two cents and it's free.
Sherry Hagen
Vancouver, WA
Fernwren at aol.com