[obol] FW: broad-billed in Stabler WA?

From: David Irons <llsdirons@xxxxxxx>
To: OBOL Oregon Birders Online <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 05:23:39 +0000
Greetings All,
Earlier today, I got a message from Bob Hansen who lives up in south-central 
Washington, telling me about a possible Broad-billed Hummingbird near Stabler, 
Skamania County, Washington. I exchanged some messages with the person who 
photographed it (Matt Schroeder) and based on the photo and what he describes 
seeing, I believe that he indeed had an immature Broad-billed Hummer in his 
yard. He saw and photographed the bird at 8AM today (Saturday) and I learned 
about it in the mid-afternoon. I followed up asking if he was willing to have 
folks up to look for the bird. Several hours passed and I had not heard back 
from him and then I got involved in other things. I just checked my email for 
the first time in several hours and found the response below from Matt. 
Obviously, I cannot share the images of the bird here, but Matt's photo shows 
an light-bellied immature hummer with a fairly obvious orangish-red base to the 
bill and some curvature to the bill. Matt confirmed to me that these are not 
photo artifacts and indeed the bill curved downward and the base of it was 
reddish. 
To my knowledge the bird has not been seen since this morning, but Matt put up 
a hummer feeder in hopes of keeping it around. If you chase this bird, please 
report back on your findings. Matt has provided directions to his place and a 
contact number. Note that cell service in his area is non-existent. I birded up 
that way late this summer and early this fall and I can confirm this being the 
case. The location is roughly and hour and a half drive from Portland. 
Dave IronsPortland, OR

Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 20:17:35 -0700
Subject: Re: broad-billed in Stabler WA?
From: matt.j.schroeder@xxxxxxxxx
To: llsdirons@xxxxxxx

Hello Dave- 

I want to share.  Please post the message for me.  Folks are welcome to come by 
Sunday the 26th.

81 Wind Crest Road, Carson, WA.  

10.2 miles North of Carson on the Wind River Hwy
Turn Left on Sadie (private drive)
Stay Left on Wind Crest, 81 is on the left.

Feel free to give me a call 509-427-8543.  There is no cell phone service north 
of Carson. 

Cheers

Matt Schroeder





Hello Dave

This bird was outside my house this morning at 8 am.  My wife and I both had 
long looks with the binoculars.  We confirmed the curved bill with orange base. 
 It was visiting the flower beds and eating flies. We first saw this bird one 
week ago, but thought it was an Anna's. Today was the first day we got a good 
look. 

I put a feeder out in hopes of getting a better photo. 

ms



On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 12:23 PM, David Irons <llsdirons@xxxxxxx> wrote:



Matt,

Did you notice the reddish-orange at the base of the bill when you saw this 
bird in the field? Also, was it someplace where it might be chaseable? I am 
always leery of single out-of-focus images taken in low light situations. At 
higher ISO settings, my camera occasionally introduces false color noise into 
images. If you saw the reddish-orange and the photo is accurately representing 
the bill pattern, I would say this bird is likely a Broad-billed Hummingbird. 
Where and when was it seen?  From the looks of the leaves, it appears recently. 
The location should be shared on Tweeters in hopes that someone can relocate it 
and get better photos.

Dave Irons
Portland, OR 

Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 12:00:27 -0700
Subject: Re: broad-billed in Stabler WA?
From: matt.j.schroeder@xxxxxxxxx
To: llsdirons@xxxxxxx
CC: bobhansen@xxxxxxxxx; johnstonstuartf@xxxxxxxxxxx

Here it is, with a comparison too.

Thanks!

On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 11:55 AM, David Irons <llsdirons@xxxxxxx> wrote:



Bob et al.,

Is there a jpg image of this bird? I did not receive any photo of the bird.

Dave Irons


> Subject: Re: broad-billed in Stabler WA?
> From: bobhansen@xxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 11:31:11 -0700
> CC: llsdirons@xxxxxxx; johnstonstuartf@xxxxxxxxxxx
> To: matt.j.schroeder@xxxxxxxxx
> 
> Matt,
> 
> I am passing this on to David Irons and Stuart Johnston for their input and 
> thoughts...
> 
> Bob 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> > On Oct 25, 2014, at 11:12 AM, Matt Schroeder <matt.j.schroeder@xxxxxxxxx> 
> > wrote:
> > 
> > Hello Bob
> > 
> > Could this be a broad billed?
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > MattSchroeder
> > <broadbilled.JPG>
[obol] FW: broad-billed in Stabler WA?

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