[wisb] All Red Hummingbird
- From: Schaufenbuel <schaufenbuel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 19:03:48 -0500
My wife had a business associate send me two images of a Hummingbird
that is completely cardinal red.
I was dumbfounded at first because there are no all-red hummers. In
questioning the photographer she noted it definitely flew and acted like
a hummer. She said in size and shape it was much like a Ruby-throated
and that it hovered. So how does a Hummingbird lose the refractive, and
otherwise dark feathering, and have it replaced with red? I suspect a
dye found in a homemade batch of nectar or perhaps a non-native plant.
But, how would the red show through and be so bright?
Anyone hear of red hummers? I have the film based images that I may try
to re-image and post.
Joe Schaufenbuel
Stevens Point,
Portage Co., WI
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