[texbirds] Hummingbirds 1/8/14
- From: DHanson139@xxxxxxx
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2014 10:26:29 -0500 (EST)
Yesterday morning around 10 AM as we were leaving the house we noticed an
adult Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird at one of the feeders. Since they were all
frozen I quickly refilled with some warmer solution and we left. This
morning about 7 AM I noticed movement at the feeder outside our kitchen window
and watched for a little while and there on the feeder was what I believe to
be the Calliope Hummingbird back. I could not be 100% sure but for now
that's what I am calling it. Short tail and bill and chunky looking. Light was
not good but while I was watching it about the 3 rd or 4th trip to the
feeder suddenly another hummer slammed into it and knocked it into the window.
Shortly afterwards I noticed it at the feeder in the back yard and have
not seen either of them since.
Jan and I visited the Texas City Dike yesterday afternoon and just for the
record it was pretty dead. Not near the gulls I would have thought would be
there and nothing shorebird wise except a handfull of Sanderlings and
Dunlins and one Am Oystercatcher(not banded). The only thing exciting in the
water was 3 Buffleheads and 3 Common Loons and not a single Grebe.
David and Jan Hanson
Baytown/Mont Belvieu Area
Chambers County
Galveston Bay Area Master Naturalist
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