Pretty impressive, Cyndi! I hope more people see it.
Our most common bird at the hummingbird feeders at our house is the Lessor
Violetear, and visually they are virtually identical to the Mexican Violetear.
In fact until recently they were lumped as the Green Violetear.
Dev Joslin
Monteverde, Costa Rica
________________________________
From: tn-bird-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <tn-bird-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of
Cynthia Routledge <routledges@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 17, 2020 4:37 PM
To: Tn Bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [TN-Bird] One day wonder
Dear Tn-Birders…
Around 9:30 pm last night I got a text from a fellow Clarksville Audubon member
about a message she had received minutes earlier from a homeowner here in
Clarksville about a “different-looking” hummingbird that had been at her feeder
on and off thru the day. I contacted the homeowner immediately and was invited
to come out today, Friday, July 17th at 7 am to ID the bird and possibly band
it. I captured what turned out to be a Mexican Violetear!
Knowing the rarity of this species and our desire to share it, I asked the
homeowner if they were comfortable with having fellow birders come see their
bird. She had many questions with regard and said she needed to discuss it all
with her husband when he got home from work.
Late this afternoon the homeowner texted to tell me that she had NOT seen the
bird since mid-morning AND even if the hummingbird returns, she and her husband
had decided that due to their personal circumstances, COVID and the lack of
feeder access and visibility from the road, they preferred NOT to host any
visitors and asked to remain anonymous and their location to remain private.
Keep watching those feeders…you never know what you might find.
Cheers!
<")
( \
/ |` Cyndi and Steve Routledge
Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee.
