New Humming Bird for my yard! But what kind?
Apr 19, 2018 18:56:38 #
A couple of times the last week I thought I saw an orange hummer at the feeder???? What the...?
Today the little guy perched in a tree for me, on a leafless limb. A very tiny bird and pretty far from my camera.
It appears to either be an Allen's or a Rufous. My area is on the migration route for both, the edge of the wintering zone for the Rufous and the edge of a year round zone for the Allen's. I am inclined toward Allen's but the supposed sure tell is the shape of the tail feathers and I haven't gotten a close look at a spread tail.
At any rate, cute little bird and when a brief bit of sun hit the tree it looked like a tiny neon sign of a bird on that branch!
Anyone better at hummer ID? Help appreciated.
80D, 100-400L mk2 @ 400, 1/250 @ f/8.0, ISO 400 flash (right after this I put my 1.4x back on but haven't seen the little guy since)
Today the little guy perched in a tree for me, on a leafless limb. A very tiny bird and pretty far from my camera.
It appears to either be an Allen's or a Rufous. My area is on the migration route for both, the edge of the wintering zone for the Rufous and the edge of a year round zone for the Allen's. I am inclined toward Allen's but the supposed sure tell is the shape of the tail feathers and I haven't gotten a close look at a spread tail.
At any rate, cute little bird and when a brief bit of sun hit the tree it looked like a tiny neon sign of a bird on that branch!
Anyone better at hummer ID? Help appreciated.
80D, 100-400L mk2 @ 400, 1/250 @ f/8.0, ISO 400 flash (right after this I put my 1.4x back on but haven't seen the little guy since)
Apr 19, 2018 19:31:05 #
robertjerl wrote:
A couple of times the last week I thought I saw an... (show quote)
Very nice robertjerl
Apr 19, 2018 19:46:59 #
Apr 19, 2018 20:58:52 #
Granted I am not the best at ID but would say that this is either a Rufous or Allens Hummingbird.
Great shot Dee Dee
Great shot Dee Dee
Apr 19, 2018 22:16:14 #
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Apr 20, 2018 01:38:43 #
robertjerl wrote:
A couple of times the last week I thought I saw an... (show quote)
Very cool shot! It isn’t easy to catch those guys in the right light. I would agree with the Rufous id. I did a lookup with the Merlin app and it has all the same markings.
Apr 20, 2018 02:49:10 #
dstalnaker wrote:
Granted I am not the best at ID but would say that this is either a Rufous or Allens Hummingbird.
Great shot Dee Dee
Great shot Dee Dee
Thank you
I may have both since then two or three little orange hummers have been fussing at each other and the other hummers.
I got some pics to go through but have at least two/three slightly differently marked individuals, one/two with green on the wings.
Apr 20, 2018 02:50:41 #
Retired CPO wrote:
Nice shot. It's a rufous.
Probably, but I still haven't been able to see if the outer tail feathers are broad or narrow.
At any rate they are cute, and belligerent little things.
Apr 20, 2018 02:51:19 #
Bill_de wrote:
That's a real beauty Robert. I've never seen one of those ... Thanks.
Thank you, you are welcome.
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Thank you, you are welcome.
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Apr 20, 2018 02:51:59 #
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Apr 20, 2018 02:54:07 #
pmorin wrote:
Very cool shot! It isn’t easy to catch those guys in the right light. I would agree with the Rufous id. I did a lookup with the Merlin app and it has all the same markings.
Thanks, the ones showing in my yard kept showing when the sun was coming between the clouds. Slight back light from direct sun and they become little flying neon signs.
Apr 20, 2018 09:30:20 #
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