VA-Birders: I echo Paula's admiration for Bruce Peterjohn's
description and am in awe of his expertise. Thanks to Larry Meade for posting.
I photographed this bird last Wednesday and enjoyed looking at it,
without having the slightest idea of whether it was a Rufous or
Allen's Hummingbird.
Michael Bowen
Bethesda, MD
At 04:57 PM 11/30/2012, Paula Sullivan wrote:
Many thanks to Bruce Peterjohn for his very detailed explanation of how he identified the hummingbird at Green Spring Gardens as a hatch year female Rufous. (And thanks, too, to Larry Meade for posting it.) Every question I had was answered completely. Fortunately, most bird identifications aren't quite this challenging, but when they are, it's very instructive to learn from an expert just how it is done.
Paula Sullivan
Alexandria
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