What I see is:
I do not see the fresh feathers of a juvenile bird, no tips to head or back
feathers, so I think adult female hummer.
Short all black tail with no rufous seen, Broad-tailed should have center
tail feather green, and perhaps more likely to show rufous on base of outer
tail. Tail looks squared-off in flight,
Primaries appear to end near tail tip. And primaries appear to be equal or
even widening toward P9, maybe slightly smaller or same width P10.
Broad-tailed should have, even on females, a narrower P9 and P10.
No obvious white over lip, but not all Calliope have this feature. But
face does not have that cold look that Broad-tailed have.
Seems to have a strong white collar on side of neck. Broad-tailed is not
as obvious.
The flying shots look like a short-tailed pot bellied hummer.
Looks tiny and Calliope in shape.
So I am with Calliope, if attachment comes through , I cropped in on tail
and primaries, could not find any photo in focus on these parts.
Bob Archer
PDX
On Sat, Sep 8, 2018 at 2:54 PM Alan Contreras <acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
A good observer suggests that the thistle-patch bird we reported as F
Broad-tail was a Calliope. It certainly didn't appear to be that species
in the field (we had just seen one at HQ). However, there were no
comparators at hand.
The tail seemed longer than the wings when the thistle-patch bird was
(rarely) perched. We could see no rufous in the tail at all when it was
spread.
We got no pics of the second bird but it seemed to be the same species.
Take a look at the eBird pics posted and see what you think.
Alan Contreras
acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx
Eugene, Oregon
www.alanlcontreras.com
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