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  1. aveschapines

    Black-Chinned Hummingbird?

    HI everyone! Posting this for a friend; he took this video in Guatemala this week; his ID is Black-Chinned Hummingbird and he would like confirmation, since they are not reported in Guatemala. Can Black-Chinned be confirmed and Ruby-Throated (winter visitors here) be ruled out? This video is...
  2. aveschapines

    The Rubies are back!

    FINALLY got my first migrating Ruby-Throated Hummingbird this morning (a female) - 10 days later than last year, so I was getting worried. Glad to see her again!!
  3. aveschapines

    Help with Hummer ID

    Hummers are SO hard to identify! New at my feeder today (hope s/he stays around, unlike the Rufous Sabrewings that visited for a few weeks and then were gone). Medium size - a bit bigger than a White-Eared, not as big as a Magnificent. Green on top, blue underneath; noticeable blue auricular...
  4. aveschapines

    Is this a Rufous Sabrewing?

    I have a new hummer visiting my feeders in the past few days. I think it must be a Rufous Sabrewing, but the problem is it looks different from the RS I have seen in Panajachel, Sololá, 1500 mts approximately. In fact, I was there last weekend and saw quite a few (or perhaps one many times)...
  5. aveschapines

    Where are the ladies?

    Hi Everyone, I posted this question on another forum and got no responses. But I'm very curious to know why I don't get female Magnificent Hummingbirds on my feeder. I put the feeder up just about a year ago, and added a second one a month or so ago. It was tough going at first with the...
  6. aveschapines

    Ruby-Throated Hummingbird migration

    They have showed up here! I saw my first female on Thursday, Sept. 15, and the males showed up on Sunday, Sept. 18. I'm seeing both regularly now, and they are fighting with the Magnificents and White-Eareds over feeder rights! Helen
  7. aveschapines

    Sex/age Baltimore Orioles in Guatemala

    They are here for the winter, in great numbers. I THINK I have figured out who is a female and who is an immature (I have been told you can't tell the sex of the immatures by sight) but I'd like someone to confirm that I've got it right! I think the first picture shows a female above and an...
  8. aveschapines

    My hummingbird left me :-(

    I have had a female Ruby-throated living near my house and draining my feeder since October, but I haven't seen her for several days and the nectar level in the feeder doesn't seem to be dropping! She used to hang out in a tree behind the house, on a specific branch, but I can't find her! I...
  9. aveschapines

    aveschapines 2011

    1 January 2011: -Imm male Rose-breasted Grosbeak -my Female Ruby Throated -female Baltimore Oriole -Townsend's warbler, male and female -3 pairs house sparrows -EW Pewee - return visitor -Black Vulture fly over -Rock Pigeon fly over (2) -Wilson's Warbler -Rufous-collared Sparrow (6) -2 female...
  10. aveschapines

    Your first bird for 2011

    What wast the first bird you saw in 2011? Mine was a lovely male Rose-Breasted Grosbeak. I'm happy! Helen
  11. aveschapines

    Magical moment...

    Well, I didn't go anywhere today, but for a short time there was a Mangrove Cuckoo (who is not supposed to be at this high an elevation but nonetheless I have been seeing him almost every day for about a month), a Rose-breasted Grosbeak (my newest lifer) and a Yellow Warbler - all close enough...
  12. aveschapines

    House Sparrows in love?

    Hi All, Hope this is the right place to post this - mods please feel free to move this if not! Suddenly in the last week the House Sparrows around here are appearing in pairs consistently, and today I saw them gathering fibers in the trees. Could they be getting ready for nesting? We just...
  13. aveschapines

    Help with bird ID - Grosbeak? Guatemala Highlands

    I think I have seen this bird once or twice before, but never got a really good look at it. Today I got a bit of time to look in the binoculars and take a few poor photos. It gives me the impression of a grosbeak or some such thing. At first glance I thought it was a House Sparrow (around the...
  14. aveschapines

    New birder needs help

    Hi Everyone, I've been birding for about a year and I need help. What do you do when you go to your work Christmas party and can hardly pay attention to what your coworkers are signing because there's a large gray flycatcher with a black mask and a while belly in the palm tree near the pool...
  15. aveschapines

    Hummingbird question

    Hi Hummer fans, I have been wondering lately about hummingbirds' bills - specifically, are they two mandibles that can open and close like most other birds, or are they just tubes for sucking in nectar? If they are just tubes, how do they eat insects? Thanks! Helen
  16. aveschapines

    Cuckoo confusion (Guatemala)

    Hi everyone, This guy has been hanging out in a tree behind my house all day. At first glance I thought it was a Yellow-billed Cuckoo, but then I realized it shouldn't have that buffy/yellowish chest and belly. I had lots of opportunities to examine him closely with the binoculars, since he...
  17. aveschapines

    Quick but fruitful trip!

    I spent about 24 hours this Wednesday and Thursday in Panajachel, Sololá, Guatemala for a little R&R and lazy birdwatching. Very productive! I am still waiting for confirmations on the three lifers - Blue-gray Tanager, Yellow-winged Tanager, and Great Kiskadee. Also pretty sure about the...
  18. aveschapines

    Can you help me with some Guatemala confirmations?Hi

    Can you help me with some Guatemala confirmations? Hi all, Went birding yesterday and Wednesday in Panajachel, Sololá. I saw lots of birds in the hotel garden and waterfront park. I would like some confirmations on these if possible! My theories, in order from left to right: Blue-Gray...
  19. aveschapines

    Didn't get past the back door!

    Hi everyone, I'm a new birder (bridwatcher?) and new to BirdForum. Like a previous poster in this thread, I didn't GO birdwatching today; but at least for now, watching out my back door keeps me plenty busy. Today, as is becoming common, I brought my breakfast to eat sitting on the back stoop...
  20. aveschapines

    How to keep the hummingbirds outside?

    Hi Everyone, I'm new to this site and just getting to know how things work. Today I had, for the second time, a White-eared Hummingbird in my apartment. I live on the second floor in a lovely spot near wooded empty lots, so I have lots of birds. I have a container garden on my roof terrace...
  21. aveschapines

    Buff-breasted Flycatcher? (Guatemala)

    Here is another guy I am pretty sure about, but would love confi¡rmation. He is small, smaller than a Lesser Goldfinch or Warbler, similar in size to and Eastern Wood-Pewee. Brown head, back, and wings, looks olive green at times; two white wingbars; grey, conical bill; dark gray/black legs...
  22. aveschapines

    Hummingbird in Guatemala

    Hi everyone, I have recently put up a hummingbird feeder and it is attracting this new guy! I have had a lot of potted fuchsias on the patio for a couple of years, and White-eared Hummingbirds visit them regularly, but I hadn't seen this guy before I put up the feeder a few weeks ago. I'm new...
  23. aveschapines

    Greetings from Guatemala

    Hi Everyone, I have joined this forum at the suggestion of someone on another birding forum; he said you are more international here. I am a new birdwatcher (started in late 2009) and am loving it. I don't know any other birdwatchers here, though, so I am at the mercy of my guides and the...
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