?Rufous/Allen's (female/immature)

[floraphile]

20 Dec 2020 Baldwin co. AL  

[Tony Leukering]

Broad-tailed? Archilochus?

[floraphile]

I may be doing my searching wrong on ebird, but I can't find a recent sighting ((last one 2018) of Broad-Tailed in Baldwin county, AL.  It is hard to see in the picture, but there was a rufous wash on the upper flanks.  I hope to get the opportunity to take a better photograph. 

[floraphile]

@Tony Leukering--I am in touch with these people: http://www.hummingbirdresearch.net/p89.html  

 

 Hopefully the little fellow will come back and can be banded, whatever he is. Form their website, "Wintering hummingbirds documented in the Southeast so far by Hummingbird Research, Inc. are Ruby-throated, Black-chinned, Rufous, Allen’s, Broad-tailed, Calliope, Buff-bellied, Anna’s, Costa’s, and Broad-billed Hummingbirds."

[AlexHenry]

I think Tony’s point is that the photo you’ve included doesn’t give us much information to work with, so at this point the bird should be left as “Hummingbird sp” because it’s pretty ambiguous

[floraphile]

1 hour ago, AlexHenry said:

I think Tony’s point is that the photo you’ve included doesn’t give us much information to work with, so at this point the bird should be left as “Hummingbird sp” because it’s pretty ambiguous

Yes.  I detected the sarcasm.  

[Charlie Spencer]

12 hours ago, floraphile said:

Yes.  I detected the sarcasm.  

Ya know, my sarcasm detector usually works pretty well, and I'm on record as not fond of Tony's style at times, but I must have missed the sarcasm in this one.  It looked like a legitimate question to me.  We don't see enough of this bird to make a call.

[MCTX]

I have been struggling with these same types of pictures and birds for the last month.  A local expert in Texas sent me this link  https://fieldguidetohummingbirds.com/broad-tailed-rufous-allens-calliope/  It is really hard for me to tell the difference at my skill level, and I still can't make out most of them even with good pictures.

[floraphile]

3 hours ago, MCTX said:

I have been struggling with these same types of pictures and birds for the last month.  A local expert in Texas sent me this link  https://fieldguidetohummingbirds.com/broad-tailed-rufous-allens-calliope/  It is really hard for me to tell the difference at my skill level, and I still can't make out most of them even with good pictures.

Great reference.  Thank you for sharing. ?