Greetings All:
Thanks in part to Steve Collins (who first seemed to pick up on the
presence of female Ruby-throated Hummingbirds in our region during the
spring overshoot period) and to Rich Kostecke who has actually spotted at
least one in my yard I have started paying much closer attention to the
hummingbirds that frequent my feeders in late April.
Today I had at least three: the adult male Black-chinned Hummingbird that
has been with me for some time; the adult female Black-chinned Hummingbird
that is nesting in a tree in my front yard; a straighter-billed,
shorter-billed female with more extensive green in the cap and into the
forehead, and, when perched, a tail that projects well beyond the
wingtips. To my eye this bird, a female Ruby-throated Hummingbird if the
guides are correct, also just seemed more 'contrasty' with white underparts
a more vivid white and green upperparts a more vivid green.
A nice bird - made the six hours of arduous yardwork (grubbing up grass and
planting wildflower seeds in one of my wildflower beds) seem worth it.
Anthony 'Fat Tony' Hewetson; Lubbock
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