Thank you Mike and Guy. She is so curious and has been investigating the
black oil tube feeder occupied by house finches and pine siskins.
She likes the little window feeder so we get a good look at her.
Nancy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Patterson" <celata at pacifier.com>
To: "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>; <nelrjb at comcast.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 9:08 AM
Subject: Re: Hummingbird ID Help


> 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.
>
>
>
> ----begin -----
> 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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>
> --
> Mike Patterson
> Astoria, OR
> celata at pacifier.com
>
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