[texbirds] Re: hummingbird, west Houston - ID?
- From: Mark Klym <Mark.Klym@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "passerinaciris12@xxxxxxxxx" <passerinaciris12@xxxxxxxxx>, "aws2009@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <aws2009@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 15:51:13 +0000
A Calliope Hummingbird would not have anywhere near that long of a tail. I
tend to agree with the comments on picasa that this is a leucistic
Ruby-throated Hummingbird. It does have some long feathers in the throat
though. Wish there were some clearer shots of the bird.
Mark Klym
Bastrop, TX
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Subject: [texbirds] Re: hummingbird, west Houston - ID?
Looks to be a calliope hummingbird.
On Sunday, March 9, 2014, Albert Shultz <aws2009@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> A new hummer showed up at our feeder late this afternoon; see link for
> photo (poor, through window and cropped). Its markings were clearly
> different from those of the 3 other hummers we've had this winter (rufous
> and ruby-throat), and I am calling it a Calliope. The gorget is streaky
> purplish-red; the face has a lot of white around the base of the bill.
> However, the white forehead I don't remember seeing before, and in
> the photos the tail appears problematically longer than the wings.
> Any comments?
>
> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/bNH8E4NvFcCtZoN11MeG6NMTjNZETYmy
> PJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink
> --Al Shultz
> Katy, TX (west Harris County)
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