I stopped in to the Schlabachs around 1:15 this afternoon and also got to enjoy a couple visits by the hummingbird, about 20 minutes apart. I echo Candace's thanks to Marty & Mary Jean - just sitting in the sun at their picnic table waiting for the hummer was lovely: an Amish man with a team of horses was loading hay onto a wagon in a field a hundred yards to the east, and behind that more fields & hedgerows repeated until Cayuga Lake could be glimpsed a mile or so away. Chickadees, titmice, blue jays, house finches, bluebirds, and a very affectionate cat kept us company while we waited for the hummingbird to make his/her appearances. FWIW, I thought the throat was light colored and assumed it was female or immature, but only had binoculars so may have been mistaken.
Alicia On 10/26/2012 6:09 PM, Candace Cornell wrote: > > Nancy Ostman and I enjoyed a number of excellent views of the Rufous > Hummingbird at the Schlabach home between 9:40-10:50 am. today. It is > a stunning male, especially when the sunlight catches it just right. > Many thanks to Marty and Mary Jean for opening their yard to birders! > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --