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From: Chris Sloan Date: Sunday, November 10, 2002 4:12 PM
To: Humnet
Subject: TN's 1st Broad-tail!


This morning a mere five miles from my home in Nashville Portia
Macmillan and I banded and documented the first BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD
ever recorded in Tennessee.  This is the seventh species of hummingbird
documented in TN, and one that many of us have expected for quite a
while now.

It is an HY bird, which I called a female in the field based largely on
the lack of any orangy color in r2, but I'm now undecided and still
researching the question of gender.

I was suspsicious when I heard it, since I recognized that this call
note was a little lower pitched, a little less flat and a little more
musical than a typical Rufous/Allen's call.  Once I grabbed it out of
the trap and looked at that tail, I was even more suspicious.  Once I
took the wing measurement (49.86), I thought Portia was going to have to
give me a sedative to get me to calm down!

The bird appeared to be in good health, with no fat, although it drank
from the feeder so much in my hand I thought I'd have to weight her
again!  p5 was molting.

Obviously, this was a very exciting morning for me.  I plan to post some
photos as soon as I retrieve my camera that I left in Portia's car.

happy hummingbirding,

Chris Sloan
Nashville, TN


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