[tn-bird] Re: Hummer!
- From: RubyThroat@xxxxxxx
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 06:51:56 EST
In a message dated 3/12/02 6:14:10 PM Pacific Standard Time,
cmmbirds@xxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> Hi Chris, and others,
>
> No, I didn't see enough to be certain of it being a RTHU. I made an
> assumption, which now appears to be wrong. I only saw it for a
> couple seconds, without optics. I did catch green on the back, and
> did not catch any gorget color.
>
> Thanks for the info and your experienced opinion. I wish the heck I
> had a feeder to put up!
>
> --- Chris Sloan <chris.sloan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Charlie-
> > IMO, this bird is not an early migrant. The earliest RTHU records
> > that I know of are from late March, and they are only just now
> returning to the Gulf Coast. My opinion is that this bird is a
> winter bird that is on the move - and probably not a RTHU. Did you
> get a good enough look to make any sort of tentative identification?
> >
> >
Charlie, Chris and all:
I totally agree with Chris, this bird is almost certainly not a
Ruby-throated. That would be the truly rare hummer in your area this time of
year. Some Rufous can and do apparently "live off the land" almost
exclusively. They may make occasional visits to a feeder, but do not depend
on them for their survival.
Are there no cheap feeders for sale in Townsend? If you would like, Charlie,
I will call however did not return your feeder and give them a good "dressing
down". I will tell them that I am Chris Sloan, an attorney from Nashville,
and I make up some of that threatening lawyer stuff to scare them.
Attorney Generous
Robert Sargent
Sloan, Sloan, Sloan and Sloan, LLC
Nashville, Tennessee (Trussville, Alabama office, in charge of threats)
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