Perhaps more than you (or your sister!) want to know:

Identification of Selasphorus Hummingbirds

http://www.aba.org/yby/2006winners/garret2_em.pdf

On Feb 18, 2011, at 6:31 PM, Carol Riddell wrote:

> 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

>> Could those Rufous Hummingbirds be Allen's Hummingbirds?
>>
>> Barry Ulman
>>
>> 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

--
Kevin Purcell (Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA)
kevinpurcell at pobox.com
http://kevinpurcell.posterous.com
http://twitter.com/kevinpurcell