Subject: Rufous Hummingbirds migration
Date: Jan 16 18:10:20 2003
From: C.B. - bolen_carolyn at hotmail.com


We know of someone who has seen a Rufous for the last two weeks now,
visiting where they usually hang their feeders in the summer. So they have
put a feeder out for him/her. They don't have good eyesight so they couldn't
tell if it was a male or female. I was over there yesterday and caught a
quick flash of movement that I recognized to be a hummingbird, but I can't
tell you any more than it was a Rufous, too quick and too brief! This was
in Ocean Park, WA on the Long Beach Peninsula. Just thought I'd note that.
Dan Williams

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Patterson" <celata at pacifier.com>
To: "Bruce McKenzie" <bmsh.mckenzie at gte.net>
Cc: "tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 6:16 PM
Subject: Re: Rufous Hummingbirds migration


> Given that it is a "female". I would guess that
> it has over-wintered.
>
> I put female in quotes, because it could be a female
> or it could be a 1st-winter male which would look
> quite a bith like a female. Some 1st-winter males may not
> develop fully red gorgets until late February or March.
> They would, however, have much streakier looking throats
> and quite a bit of red in the back.
>
> The untested assumption is that 2nd-year males migrate
> later than older males.
>
> Bruce McKenzie wrote:
> >
> > I was about to report an early Rufous Hummingbird sighting and found the
> > message from Mike asking us to look out for them.
> >
> > A female Rufous Hummingbird was "collecting" insects from our Vine Maple
> > tree at 10:30AM this morning. This is a full month earlier than we have
seen
> > a Rufous in our yard over the ten years we've lived here.
> >
> > I should note that it is possible this is an over-wintering Rufous. We
live
> > in a ravine above Lake Washington. We discovered shortly after moving
here
> > that Anna's Hummingbirds routinely over-winter down by the lake but for
some
> > reason rarely come up the ravine, no matter what the season. This winter
for
> > some reason the Anna's are making daily trips up the ravine and through
our
> > yard. The Vine Maple is a popular spot and gets rather interesting when
the
> > Bushtits, Chickadees, and Hummingbirds all arrive at the same time. The
> > female Rufous arrived (alone) today about twenty minutes after the
Anna's
> > had passed through the area.
> >
> > Bruce McKenzie
> > Kenmore, WA USA
> > mailto:bmsh.mckenzie at gte.net
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mike Patterson" <celata at pacifier.com>
> > To: "tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 18:26
> > Subject: Re: Rufous Hummingbirds migration
> >
> > >
> > > Even without el Ni?o Rufous Hummingbirds regularly arrive
> > > in southern Oregon in the first week of February.
> > >
> > >
>
> --
> Mike Patterson
> Astoria, OR
> celata at pacifier.com
>
> A child who becomes acquainted with the birds about him
> hears every sound and puzzles out its meaning with a cleverness
> that amazes those with ears who hear not.
>
> -Neltje Blanchan
>
> http://www.pacifier.com/~mpatters/bird/bird.html
>


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