[TN-Bird] Calliope still there @ noon

From: John Devereux Joslin <jdjoslin@xxxxxxxxx>
To: TN-Bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 13:02:25 -0500
    The Calliope Hummingbird was still at the McMillan's (see Harold
Howell's earlier two emails) at noon today.  Good directions are
available in his latest email (from last night--Wed about 10:30).
    Several (Jean Alexander, Charlie Muise. the McMillans) saw the bird
at the feeders this morning from 7:30 to 8:30.  Many of us waited
patiently until for over an hour or more without seeing the bird--some
left during that period in frustration.  But just as I was getting in my
car to go at 11:00, Boyd Sharp hollared at me, "There he is!"  The bird
was feeding on a patch of Salvia in the yard.  Five minutes later it
appeared at the feeder and most of us there (Boyd, Harold Howell, the
McMillans, and I) got good looks.  For the next hour (at least), the
hummer appeared at the feeder and at Salvia at about 10 minute
intervals.  Harold got a number of pictures.  And the McMillans already
have numerous good pictures and a video.
    For any doubters out there, the bird is clearly an adult male
Calliope Hummingbird.  Very complete purple to magenta (depending on the
light) gorget; clear breast except for small greenish patches on the
side; very small bird with very short tail; primaries distinctly longer
than tail; greenish on top of head and back.
    Gorgeous bird.  Thanks so much to the MacMillan's for reporting the
bird and for their exceptional hospitality.  Thanks to Harold Howell for
notifying everyone on TN-birds.  And thanks to Boyd for hollerin' at me.


Dev Joslin
Oak Ridge
Roane Co., TN
P.S.  For butterfly lovers, there was also a Long-tailed Skipper on the
Salvia.


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