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Post by mvbartow on Sept 23, 2012 10:01:38 GMT -5
I am posting in non-ruby because it appears to be light brown with a silver chest, but it moves so fast I have a hard time seeing it up close.
I live out near Alturas and I have a single bird that has been here for a few weeks now. It seems unafraid of us or the dogs. I don't have feeders, just a big firecracker bush but it seems to prefer the campher trees.
Very exciting stuff.
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Post by mvbartow on Sept 23, 2012 11:57:38 GMT -5
Upon looking at the pictures on the species page I guess it could be a female or young ruby throated too. Confused but still excited to see one.
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Post by Joe M on Sept 23, 2012 16:04:54 GMT -5
Great that you are keeping an 'eye out for hummingbirds. An adult male would have a throat (gorget) that is very distinctively red but in poor light it might look black. If the throat is not distinctively red or black it is most probably a female or immature male or female. Since we generally have a predominance of Ruby-throated in Fl that might be the species you are seeing but we have reports of the less common Rufous that visits FL in the winter months. The Male Rufous will be noted by it's red throat in good light but also black in poor light but all Rufous have a great deal of rufous or light brown feathers on their flanks and tails. The adult males generally have a back that is totally rufous in color.
Keep an eye out, for a feeder is not a guarantee that you will have hummers in your yard!
Joe M.
Lakeland
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Post by moboston on Sept 23, 2012 17:06:03 GMT -5
You will have a better chance of seeing it up close if you hang a feeder. Some will come and hover by the feeder to feed while others will actually sit still long eonough for you to get a picture.
Plus if it is comfortable with you being outside around it, that will make it easier to get a picture. Then of course there are a number of people here who can help you ID it.
Good luck - they are wonderful creatures to watch, aren't they?
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