Caley Thomas 2.0 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 So there's a secondary hummingbird that I only barely catch glimpses of, due in part to the fairly territorial nature of the resident Broad-tailed Hummingbird whose been hanging around since November of last year. Today was the first day I caught it sneaking on to the feeder, right around dusk, under the radar of the Broad-tailed who was standing guard about 30 feet away up in an Anaqua tree on the opposite side of the feeder. I realize the attached are far from great photos, but I was wondering if we could narrow it down at all from them? Eyeball notes (from slow-mo video review of the same video where these shots are extracted from): no rufous visible on top side of bird at all. limited buffy wash on sides. Limited rufous on tail feathers. Very quite bird, maybe the quietest little kissing-type sounds emanating from the bird, but never heard any good audio from it really (closest sound match to my ear was the Anna call, but I know that can't be right because of range and presence of limited buffy wash on sides). Possibly another immature male / female Broad-tailed here? Significant cold front pushing through tonight, so thought i would post what I had in case it didn't show up again. Some of the attached have been slightly lightened, but that's it. Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 22 minutes ago, Caley Thomas 2.0 said: Possibly another immature male / female Broad-tailed here? That's what I would say, though definitely wait for someone with more experience with Selasphorus hummingbirds than me. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Looks right, but we’ll see what the experts say. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 21 minutes ago, Seanbirds said: Looks right, but we’ll see what the experts say. @DLecy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanager 101 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Broad-tailed was my guess but I am not the most experienced 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hasan Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Broad-tailed. Look at that elongated structure 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLecy Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 I agree with Broad-tailed Hummingbird. Structurally, it looks good to me, and it has that "cold, blank stare" look of Broad-tailed. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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