[Bristol-Birds] Selasphorus Hummingbird, Elizabethton, TN

I observed a Selasphorus species of hummingbird at a residence in Warrior Estates off Big Springs Road off Gap Creek Road near Elizabethton, Carter Co., TN, today, Dec. 7, at 11:30 a.m. I waited with a photographer — Eveleigh Hatfield — from the Elizabethton Star newspaper for about 20 minutes before the bird made an appearance.
The hummingbird's hosts — Betty and James Murray — notified me about the hummingbird on Wednesday, Dec. 6. I waited from 4:30-5:20 p.m. yesterday to get a look at the bird, but it didn't show.
Betty called me again this morning to tell me the bird had fed about half a dozen times this morning. 

She first noticed the bird around Thanksgiving.
I have several photos of the bird that I will post later to the Herndon Bird Club's yahoo site.
This is the second wintering hummer report I have received this season. A resident of the Valley Forge community in Carter County near Elizabethton had what she described as a Selasphorus species visiting on Nov. 13. I have not observed that bird, and my last e-mail from the host said that the hummingbird was still present around Thanksgiving, but the family had left for a trip to Florida and that bird's current status is unclear. 

Bryan Stevens,
Hampton, TN


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