[CT Birds] Winter Hummingbird

[jaybrd49 at aol.com]

At some point, we may all have to re-adjust our thinking about the lateness of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds.? I was quite excited last year when someone told me they had a Ruby-throated Hummingbird in October that lingered until the end of the month.? I went over to check it out thinking Rufous Hummer or better, but sure enough, they were correct in that it was a Ruby-throated.? I'm not quite yet ready to jump on the global warming bandwagon when it comes to hummingbirds, but it will be interesting to see if, over the next few years, we find that an increasing number of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are arriving earlier and staying later into the year.

Jay Kaplan
Canton


 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: recoverywing at cox.net
To: Chris Elphick <elphick at sbcglobal.net>; ctbirds at lists.ctbirding.org
Sent: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 10:49 am
Subject: Re: [CT Birds] Winter Hummingbird










I can't speak for Mark but I did not hear of these other hummers that stuck 
around for any length of time.  We would certainly like the oppurtunity to band  
any hummingbird in CT after October 1st.

For those of you who do not know.  Mark Szantyr and I have a permit to band 
hummingbirds and are eager to do so for any hummingbird currently coming to a 
feeder.

Is there contact info for the rubyhtroat? Was that bird definitively identified 
as a rubythroat? Thats an interesting bird for late October.

I can also be reached at at 860-276-8433, which is checked for messages much 
more frequently than email.

Jayne Amico/Southington, CT


---- Chris Elphick <elphick at sbcglobal.net> wrote: 
> 
> In addition to the Selasphorus that was in Willington in mid-October, there 
was a late Ruby-throat nearby that was still coming to feeders at the end of the 
month.  I'm not sure if it is still around.
> 
> Chris
> 
>

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