Haven't seen my wintering Rufouses for some days now, but was surprised to see the female Black-chinned on March 30th. Thought she'd gone already! Have only seen a couple of northbound Ruby-throats and my yard is ready with blooming Mexican cigar (Cuphea micropetala) and Texas (scarlet) sage (Salvia coccinea). Managed to snap a quick shot of the Black-chinned (see below) - on looking closely at the photo, I think she has a band on the right leg. Unfortunately, I used the old Olympus C700 to take this pic, as my Canon Rebel wasn't handy, so I can't enlarge the image to check if it is a band. This late in the winter season, I doubt she'll be back for me to look more closely.
Interesting observation over the Easter holiday - we were in the Texas Hill Country, near Kerrville and a hummer (probably a BC) was checking out the red tail lights on our motorhome! Not much flowering nearby except a couple of large yuccas. This was on private property in the YO Ranch area, NW of Kerrville.
Interesting observation over the Easter holiday - we were in the Texas Hill Country, near Kerrville and a hummer (probably a BC) was checking out the red tail lights on our motorhome! Not much flowering nearby except a couple of large yuccas. This was on private property in the YO Ranch area, NW of Kerrville.
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