I am also attaching this site to report you winter hummer to http://www.trochilids.com/
Of course if it does turn out to be KY's first Allen's, you'll have 500 KY birders knocking on your door to see it!streatham said:Also bobky if it was an Allen's I think you would find yourself with the first Allen's hummingbird record for Kentucky - I would try and get some serious opinions on the bird if I were you.
Michael Frankis said:Of course if it does turn out to be KY's first Allen's, you'll have 500 KY birders knocking on your door to see it!
(That's the bad news - the good news is that you'll be instantly famous in the state's birding circles, and granted prime viewing at any other rare birds that turn up)
Michael
For the past two falls we have had lateRufous hummingbirds in central Ohio. This year's bird was posted on Ohio Birds until early December then fell off the site. The Spanish refered to them as flying jewels after they arrived in N America.My wife plants her garden deliberatly with flowers for the hummers Morning glory and Trumpet flower.bobky said:Is it true that hummingbirds only exist in the Americas? None in Europe? You are missing a special treat if you have never seen one in flight.
We have a little (Rufous?) wintering over here in Kentucky, which is very rare. The weather is expected to start getting well below freezing temperatures at night, so I hope for the best.
This picture was taken out our kitchen window today, 4 Jan 2004,with a Panasonic FZ1 camera (12x optical zoom).
Not yet, but if Bob can snap a pic with the tail fully fanned, it should be possible. Otherwise, if someone from one of the hummer study groups can catch & band it . . .Grousemore said:Great photo again,Bob,but I don't believe anyone can differentiate between Rufous/Allen's on this evidence!
Michael Frankis said:Excellent! What a survivor!
The latest pic shows I reckon just enough detail on the outer tail feather (as it is not quite preened neatly up against the others) to see that it is fairly broad. That makes it Rufous, not Allen's (where the outermost tail feather is very narrow).
Michael