Subject: Seattle Ruby-thr. H.?
Date: Mar 8 17:54:42 2000
From: Mike Patterson - celata at pacifier.com


Ruby-throated Hummingbirds have only just begun to arrive
in the extreme southern part of the range. That alone makes
this unlikely.

(see: http://www.hummingbirds.net/map-migration.html)

Second year male Anna's Hummingbirds can have green (or mostly
green) crowns. I suspect that a second year (green backed)
Rufous Hummingbird is also worth considering.

Thomas Love wrote:
>
> >From Washington Birdbox this afternoon:
>
> Wednesday, March 8, 1:48 PM. My name is John Romano, I'm from Madison,
> Wisconsin and I was birding at Montlake Fill [SEATTLE] with Carol Eggen
> this morning. The RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD was an adult male, it was
> uniformly green on the back up to the top of the head. A ruby throat was
> clearly outlined and with no mottling; so therefore, we don't think it
> could have been a molting ANNA's. Thank you much.
>
> Tom L.
>
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