[texbirds] Re: Russ Pitman Park - Broad-billed Hummingbird - Friday pm
- From: Stephen Gast <segast23@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 22:50:11 -0800 (PST)
The transitional-plumaged, male Broad-billed Hummingbird showed briefly at
about 3:00 pm Friday afternoon. It was feeding for approx. 2 minutes in the
shrimp plants along the southeastern fenceline of Russ Pitman Park. We waited
and watched for an additional 30 minutes, but could not relocate the bird.
Also seen was a full adult male Calliope for about 5 minutes at 3:15pm in the
shrimp plants more central to the park.
Steve Gast
Houston, Texas
segast23@xxxxxxxxx
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From: Doc <drbirdie@xxxxxxx>
To: Doc <drbirdie@xxxxxxx>
Cc: "texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 23, 2012 10:00 AM
Subject: [texbirds] Correction Re: Russ Pitman Park - Broad-billed Hummingbird
Hi Texbirders,
The shrimp plants where I saw the Broad-billed Hummer this morning are near the
Northwest corner of Russ Pitman Park (not the sw corner).
Apologies.
I hope someone else is able to relocate this bird.
Byron Stone, Austin
Sent from my iPhone
On Nov 23, 2012, at 9:36 AM, Doc <drbirdie@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Texbirders,
> I just had a brief look at a subadult male Broad-billed Hummingbird at Russ
> Pitman Park in Bellaire (Houston).
> This was a medium-sized dark hummingbird with a slightly decurved orange bill
> with a black tip. The gorget on throat was partly filled in with dark blue.
> Belly was whitish. It had a long, slightly notched tail. Dorsum of tail was
> black, not rufous. A narrow but prominent white supercilium extended behind
> the eye.
> It was "tic"-ing loudly as it foraged briefly in shrimp plants before
> disappearing over chain link fence.
> Bird was seen near southwest corner of park where a dead branch lies at an
> angle over a small clump of Shrimp Plants near the chain link fence.
> The adul male Calliope Hummingbird was hanging out this morning at the plum
> tree wth hummer feeder and shrimp plants at the front (east side) of the
> house.
> Good birding ya'll,
> Byron Stone, Austin
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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