Louise,
I'm asuming its a female hummingbird. Annas have no rufous. Unless its
something thats very unusual I would suggest Annas.

Scott Downes
sdownes at u.washington.edu
Seattle WA

"Birds don't read bird books. (That's why they are seen doing things they
are not supposed to do)." -Mary Wood


On Sat, 9 Oct 1999, Louise Levy wrote:

> Hi Tweeters,
> After seeing what I assumed to be a RUFOUS Hummingbird in the yard on
> Thursday several people have suggested that it might not be a RUFOUS but an
> ANNAS Hummingbird. So after speaking to my neighbour and finding out that
> the bird was still there yesterday I decided to see if I could confirm what
> kind of Hummer it was. At 5:00 tonight I went out in the yard and sure
> enough about 5 minutes later the bird showed up at my neighbours feeder. It
> came at least 7 times over the 1/2 hour and neither my husband nor myself
> can find any sign of brown on it. Now I am completely unsure as to what kind
> of Hummingbird this is so if anyone can give me some tips on identification
> it would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks in advance.
> Louise Levy
> Vanderhoof. B.C.
> blast at uniserve.com
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