FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Re: potential for rare hummingbird...

[John Devereux Joslin <jdjoslin@xxxxxxxxx>]

Anyone looking for the Green Violet-ear:
I am quite familiar with this bird because they live around our house in Costa
Rica most of the year.  This is a gorgeous hummer if seen in the right light.
But very difficult to locate unless at a feeder.  Best clue for locating him--if
he is "singing"-- is an unbelievably monotonous, loud, and irritating 
Cheep-Chut,
Cheep-chut, Cheep-Chut "sung" over and over throughout most of the day.  This 
can
be heard from at least a hundred yards.  Of course, only the male "sings," but
they do so much of the year.  Trouble is, if this is truly a Green Violet-ear 
and
he (she?) is lost and not "on territory," he/she may not be singing.  Other
problem with actually getting a look at this bird is that he is incredibly
ventriloqual.

Dev Joslin
Oak Ridge, TN

David Trently wrote:

> ...I received a note from a North Carolina birder that a GREEN VIOLET-EAR was
> in Avery County, NC, on Saturday. This county is adjacent to Carter Co in
> northeast Tennessee. The bird was on private property and not accessible to
> birders and has apparently departed.
> Be on the lookout for this and others that have rarely, but ocassionally,
> shown up in this part of the world, particularly in the eastern Tenn
> mountains.
>
> David Trently
> Knoxville, TN
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