Rich, thanks for your feedback including lack of reliably accurate color when
using digital camera for the violet end of the spectrum. Additionally, I was
shooting through a window.If I get another opportunity with this bird, I will
get myself outside and listen.In the meantime I will post this bird under
hummingbird sp.
eBird Checklist - 7 Dec 2019 - Monroe St Home, Eugene, OR - 13 species (+1
other taxa)
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eBird Checklist - 7 Dec 2019 - Monroe St Home, Eugene, OR - 13 species (...
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Nancy
On Saturday, December 7, 2019, 12:15:32 PM PST, Richard Hoyer
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Nancy and All,
I'm not convinced this is a Costa's Hummingbird. The color of the iridescence
just doesn't look violet enough to me, though digital cameras are notoriously
bad at getting that end of the spectrum correct. You can get multiple colors in
real life too, based on the nature of refracted light. But for a good Cost'as
I'd also expect the sides of the neck and the area above the cheek (beyond the
continuation of the little white supercilum) to be much paler.
One can spend hours analyzing a photo, yet it takes a fraction of a second to
analyze the utterly distinctive call note of Costa's Hummingbird. A question I
always have to ask when given mystery hummer photos is "what does it sound
like?"
Good Birding,
Rich---
Rich Hoyer
Eugene, Oregon
Senior Leader for WINGS
http://wingsbirds.com
my blog: http://birdernaturalist.blogspot.com
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On Dec 7, 2019, at 10:26 AM, Nancy Clogston (Redacted sender "nanclo1952" for
DMARC) <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
For the first time in 13 days since initially sighted, I think the same
immature male Costa’s has returned this morning to bathe in my front yard
bubbler in Eugene.I’d appreciate feedback. I’ll post more pictures on an eBird
report soon.Nancy<Image.jpg>
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