[TN-Bird] Female Archilochus Humm.-Help with ID
- From: "Bates E." <wgpu239@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: TN-Bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:40:57 -0400
Birders,
I need some help with this one.
The last regular hummingbirds I saw at my feeders here near Norris (Anderson
County) was on Oct. 5. There were all the regular R-T humms. that had been
coming all summer, absent the mature males.
Then, this past Fri. (Oct.16) a lone female appeared at one of my feeders
and has been there regularly since.
It appears, pretty clearly, to be a mature female *Archilochus. *It's most
likely a Ruby-Throated, but several things argue for Black-Chinned.
First, even in bright sunlight (today, PTL) the back is a dull green
(nothing like the bright green RTs I saw all summer), and its head is dull
grayish-green. There?s a pale grayish patch behind the eye. There is a
pale buff wash on its flanks. The wings, which end just above the tip of
the tail, are not clearly ?sharp pointed? or more rounded.
Most-significantly,
it flashes its tail *constantly* as it hovers.
Is Black-Chinned out of the question? If not, is there any way of making
this ID without the bird in hand?
Thanks.
Bates Estabrooks
Andersonville, Anderson Cty.
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