Hummingbird monograph sponsorship opportunity...anyone? (1 Viewer)

Swissboy

Sempach, Switzerland

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• Mar 3, 2012

• #81

Richard Klim said:

Blimey Ads, you're a fast sketcher! And I didn't realise we were sponsoring quite that amount...

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Yeah, I think he still needs to have the info spread a bit more. How about reaching out beyond the English speaking birder community? I have tried to spread the info to Swiss birders: http://www.chclub300.ch/myclub/forum/index.php?openthread=502&openpost=1872#post1872

 

birdboybowley

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• Mar 3, 2012

• #82

That's great - thanks alot Robert

 

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Russ Heselden

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• Mar 5, 2012

• #83

As PM'd to you from The Other Place - put me down for a full plate featuring the sylphs!

:eat:

 

birdboybowley

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• Mar 5, 2012

• #84

Done Russ

 

birdboybowley

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• Mar 5, 2012

• #85

Okay - list so far.....

Green-throated Carib - Papuan Birder
Tufted Coquette - Ben
Wire-crested Thorntail - RobGordjin
Broad-billed Hummer - Swissboy
Blue-headed Hummer - njlarsen
Honduran Emerald - BrightonBirder
Mangrove Hummer - Motmot
Snowcap - Swissboy
Velvet-purple Coronet - Edenwatcher
Black-hooded Sunbeam - Antshrike69
Andean Hillstar - Stonechat1
Ecuadorian Hillstar - Welsh Peregrine
Black Inca - Antshrike69
Dusky Starfrontlet - fbeeldens
Blue-throated Starfrontlet - Cajanuma
Sword-billed Hummer - Welsh Peregrine
Giant Hummer - Richard Klim
Booted Racquet-tail - Tarsiger
Red-tailed Comet - Richard Klim
Black-backed Thornbill - lewis20126
Bearded Mountaineer - Edenwatcher
Neblina Metaltail - Cajanuma
Long-tailed Sylph - Russ Heselden
Violet-tailed Sylph - Russ H
Venezuelan Sylph - Russ H
Hooded Visorbearer - Papuan Birder
Horned Sungem - fbeeldens
Marvellous Spatuletail - Hidde Bruinsma
Peruvian Sheartail - Swissboy
Ruby-throated Hummer - jedigrant
Calliope Hummer - MJB

Still plenty of goodies left!!

 

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Hidde Bruinsma

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• Mar 5, 2012

• #86

I want to have flash and flair: Loddigesia, please.

 

birdboybowley

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• Mar 5, 2012

• #87

That's the Spatuletail gone then!! Amazed it took this long as to me, that's the ultimate hummer!! Good choice Hidde as that's the one I'd've kept

 

njlarsen

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• Mar 6, 2012

• #88

Ads, I think you made a mistake talking about several subspecies for Blue-headed Hummingbird, but just to make things clear, I want Cyanophaia bicolor .

Niels

 

Swissboy

Sempach, Switzerland

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• Mar 6, 2012

• #89

njlarsen said:

Ads, I think you made a mistake talking about several subspecies for Blue-headed Hummingbird,....[/I] .

Niels

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Was probably Blue-headed Sapphire that he was referring to.

 

birdboybowley

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• Mar 6, 2012

• #90

njlarsen said:

Ads, I think you made a mistake talking about several subspecies for Blue-headed Hummingbird, but just to make things clear, I want Cyanophaia bicolor .

Niels

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It's yours Niels, just the one
I was thinking of Blue-tailed Emerald before!! Blue this, blue that...best stick to Latin now!

 

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Richard Klim

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• Mar 6, 2012

• #91

Presumably they'll all be illustrated to scale. So my Giant Hummer should represent exceptionally good value! :king:

 

njlarsen

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• Mar 6, 2012

• #92

Ads, there is also a hummingbird section in Birdforum. Have you mentioned this idea over there? http://www.birdforum.net/forumdisplay.php?f=434

Niels

 

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jedigrant

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• Mar 6, 2012

• #93

Ruby-throated for me, please

 

birdboybowley

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• Mar 6, 2012

• #94

Old-school, like it Grant

 

ALI123XYZ

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• Mar 6, 2012

• #95

This will be for sure the most fascinating monograph on hummingbirds.
Here is my idea in case you have not consider it yet. What about featuring all the extinct hummingbirds in end chapter of monograph ? I think every hummingbird lover will like and want the comprehensive treatment of Trochilidae family. The Extinct species are Letitia's Thorntail, Brace's Emerald, Gould's Emerald, Bogota Sunangel and Turquoise-throated Puffleg.

If this thing is already planned, then that is nice. I have only given my idea and i hope you like it.

Happy Birding

 

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njlarsen

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• Mar 6, 2012

• #96

Except that a population of what has been claimed to be Bogota Sunangel has now been found (did it get re-identified as something else?).

Niels

 

birdboybowley

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• Mar 6, 2012

• #97

I do like the idea Ali and will certainly mention it when we all meet up as it really won't take up much space (not like doing the same for NZ or Hawaii!!)

 

Swissboy

Sempach, Switzerland

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• Mar 6, 2012

• #98

Adam, one more for me please: Broad-billed Hummingbird (Cyanthus latirostris). This is in addition to the two I have already made a reservation for. (Need to get one a bit more northern species, plus I realized that the color blue would essentially be missing if I only had the first two. )

 

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birdboybowley

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• Mar 6, 2012

• #99

Cool Rob, cheers!

 

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jedigrant

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• Mar 6, 2012

• #100

birdboybowley said:

Old-school, like it Grant

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I was also considering the spatuletail (couldn't believe it took so long for it to get claimed!) and Blue-headed (but Niels has a more legit claim on that one, although it may be my favorite hummer that I've seen). So I figured I'd make a claim to the only one usually found here. (Although, at least 12 have been reported here in Georgia, of which I have seen seven.)