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[Phoebetria@xxxxxxx]

I just received this email from Oregon birder Alan Contreras, who was 
visiting Williamsburg:

"At the Radisson/Fort Magruder in Williamsburg, on the evening of August 4 I 
saw a nearly complete white hummingbird there, the first one I have ever seen. 
 It was
feeding in the plantings around the hotel.  It was entirely white except a 
few gray-green feathers on the crown and a couple of dark feathers that seemed 
to be midway out a couple of tail feathers on each side.  Quite stunning; I 
thought at first it was some kind of odd insect.

It was very approachable.  I surmise Ruby-throated.  The bill was slightly
decurved and longer than my local Anna's.  The right size for Ruby-throated.  
Because of its coloring it seemed wingless at a distance, to float and sail
here and there without obvious means of locomotion."

Ned Brinkley
Cape Charles, VA

 
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