[tn-bird] Re: Kingsport Rufous hummer and lessons for mortals

In a message dated 2/22/02 5:29:07 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
jwcoffey@xxxxxxxx writes:


> Jerry Ingles:
> 
> It ain't the first time and it won't be the last time
> I saw something and it wasn't "seen right."  The
> one my fellow birders love the most is the time
> I saw a Ring-necked Pheasant sticking its head
> up just above the vegetation and thought it was
> a Red-headed Woodpecker perched on a stake
> in the field.  Just for fun, look at the
> drawing of both birds in a Peterson's field guide
> and squint your eyes when you look at the
> pheasant head and then the pattern of the
> woodpecker.  That was 40 years ago when I
> would squint a lot.  Seems like that old squinting
> thing has come back in my old age :-)
> For a mere mortal, you have a wonderful
> perception of my "excellent birding eyes and
> brains."  I like to hear that from a real birder
> like you :-)    Birders don't pay many compliments.
> Maybe it's because other birders squint too much!
> 
> Come go squinting with me and let me show
> you an "incredibly wonderful bird."
> 
> Wallace Coffey
> 

Fellow Squinters
Confession time.  Three days ago in Diamondhead, Mississippi I had a smallish 
hummingbird make EIGHT (8) approaches to my hummingbird trap.  It never 
entered the cage, but I had lots and lots of time to observe this individual. 
 I did not capture and band it.  Bottom line, after viewing it for a total of 
several minutes at very close range, I don't have a clue as to what species 
it was.  I think it was a female??

I thought I would feel better after this confession; I don't.

Bob Sargent 
Trussville, Alabama


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