Subject: [Tweeters] Rufous v. Allen's
Date: Feb 18 18:31:46 2011
From: Carol Riddell - cariddell at earthlink.net


I would vote for Allen's since there is a year-round population of
that species in that area. It's always delightful to see them in
winter, if for no other reason than you know they aren't Rufous
Hummers so it's an easy species ID.

Carol Riddell
Edmonds


Could those Rufous Hummingbirds be Allen's Hummingbirds?

Barry Ulman
Bellingham, WA.


On Feb 17, 2011, at 4:40 PM, Toby Andrews wrote:


> Hello Tweeters
>
> What a difference a little sunshine makes!! My sister sent a
> couple of pictures of her nesting Rufous and the hatched babies.
> She lives in Hermosa Beach, Ca. Spring can't be to far away for us,
> I had a very red House Finch at my feeder today. The older I get
> the longer it takes for spring to arrive and the summers seem to be
> getting shorter.
>
>
> Toby Andrews
>
> Bellevue
>