Unusual context, but the back shot makes the wings look way long. The
dull/cool gray auricular patch fully outlined in white. I want to call it a
Costa's. I saw a similar bird at 13th and Fall in Newport on Nov 11. Bet
it's still there. Someone put a feeder up in the vacant lot. There are
seemingly 1000s of Anna"s Hummingbirds on the Oregon coast in winter.
Sifting through them reminds me of looking for cowbird in a winter
blackbird flock.
On Tue, Nov 26, 2019, 4:55 PM Nancy Clogston <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I posted this bird as an Anna's because, of course, that is what we have
in Eugene even though its gorget looks purple in the pictures. John
Sullivan encouraged me to get some other opinions so please weigh in. The
bird is wet as it is bathing in the bubbler so I don't know how that
changes our perception of the color.
Here's the link to my eBird report of Sunday, Nov 24, 2019.
https://ebird.org/checklist/S61725572
Nancy Clogston
