Subject: [Tweeters] Re: Hummingbird ID Help
Date: Mar 16 09:08:26 2005
From: Mike Patterson - celata at pacifier.com


Adult females have a red spot in the middle of the throat
See: http://www.hummingbirds.net/rufous.html

An immature male with a throat like the one you describe would
be very unlikely this time of year. Even second-year males
(born last season) would show a full gorget by now.



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Subject: Hummingbird ID Help
From: "Nancy" <nelrjb AT comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 08:56:24 -0800

Hi Tweets,
We have our first hummingbird at our feeder and I need some ID help. At first I
thought it was a female rufous but there is a very small hot pink patch at the
throat. It looks more pink than red. The back is green with some brown and the
throat is white with a very small patch of color. My thoughts are that this is
an immature male rufous. Would the males be this color so early in the season?

Nancy Lander
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celata at pacifier.com

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