Is this a hummingbird???
May 20, 2013 08:25:36 #
lovitlots
Loc: Tottenham, Ontario, Canada
Maybe it was humming a tune it couldn't get out of his head and that forced him onto that feeder. It drive you crazy sometimes.
May 20, 2013 10:42:38 #
I've seen Bullock's orioles around Yakima on rare occasion, so colorful! Your other certainly looks like a hummingbird with that shaped beak. What fun!
May 20, 2013 10:55:41 #
Skeezit wrote:
This is the other shot I have of him. I have my good lens on, window washed, and laying in wait for his return. I have looked in all of my bird books and am at a loss as to what he is.
This last pic and the third one in the first series show hummingbirds, but the first two are orioles. I can see how it would be easy to get them mixed up. I think you'll find the orioles are somewhat bigger.
May 26, 2013 08:16:01 #
HaroldZ
Loc: New Jersey
Definitely an Oriole. It's not uncommon for other birds to discover Hummingbird feeders. I had a Downy Woodpecker find ours and got a good shot of the Hummingbird challenging his right to be there.
May 26, 2013 08:22:12 #
While shopping at Lowes for flowers yesterday I saw a Orange Oriole feeder ( similar to a hummingbird feeder) and Oriole Nectear and mixes.
May 26, 2013 11:48:19 #
HaroldZ wrote:
Definitely an Oriole. It's not uncommon for other birds to discover Hummingbird feeders. I had a Downy Woodpecker find ours and got a good shot of the Hummingbird challenging his right to be there.
Now that you mention it, I've seen an Acorn Woodpecker take a sip from our feeder. Maybe it was responsible for wrecking the bee guard.
Nov 26, 2013 05:42:19 #
Well, the wing color is odd, but I agree the last one is a rufous, or perhaps an allen's hummingbird.
Click this link to see a high resolution shot showing accurate (though somewhat saturated) color to see that the "shoulder" of the wing of a rufous hummingbird is brown, and the rest of the wing (primary flight feathers) toward brown-grey. The rufous color you see in the primaries at the base of the wing is bleed-through light from the gaps in the feather structure, picking up the color of the body of the bird.
Click the link, click again to magnify in your browser, scroll up/down and left/right to view the entire image.
http://www.gregscott.com/gjs_2007_spring/hummingbird/20070311_1617_100_0520.rufous_hummingbird.jpg
Image ©2007 Gregory J. Scott, All rights reserved
Click this link to see a high resolution shot showing accurate (though somewhat saturated) color to see that the "shoulder" of the wing of a rufous hummingbird is brown, and the rest of the wing (primary flight feathers) toward brown-grey. The rufous color you see in the primaries at the base of the wing is bleed-through light from the gaps in the feather structure, picking up the color of the body of the bird.
Click the link, click again to magnify in your browser, scroll up/down and left/right to view the entire image.
http://www.gregscott.com/gjs_2007_spring/hummingbird/20070311_1617_100_0520.rufous_hummingbird.jpg
Image ©2007 Gregory J. Scott, All rights reserved
Nov 26, 2013 06:21:30 #
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