[bcbirdclub] Re: Rufous/Allen's (Selasphorus) Hummingbird visits Claytor Lake

  • From: "Roger Mayhorn" <rmayhorn@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 08:39:29 -0400

Great find and great photos Mark. You are lucky to get one of those. We keep a 
feeder out each year until cold weather but so far have never gotten a 
Selasphorous.

Roger Mayhorn
Compton Mt

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  Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 9:58 PM
  Subject: [bcbirdclub] Rufous/Allen's (Selasphorus) Hummingbird visits Claytor 
Lake


  Greetings,
                  My last two remaining Ruby-throated hummingbirds have been 
absent for several days now, so when I saw a hummer at my feeders it sparked my 
curiosity. This bird showed up at about 10 am this morning, visited the feeders 
3 times in 15 minutes, and did not return for the remainder of the day. 
                 I think Broad-tailed & Calliope can be ruled out due to the 
obvious white collar, so that would narrow down the Selasphorus species to 
Rufous or Allen's. This being an immature male or a female the species can't be 
identified without handheld measurements of the tail feathers. The shape of 
certain tail feathers can be an indication of one species or the other, but the 
other photos I was able to get do not show this well enough for an ID. 






  Good Birding
  Mark Mullins
  Pulaski County, Va


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