Yesterday watched an unusual female hummer at the feeders just inches from my kitchen window. I say unusual for June 14, not for a bit later in the year.
She was small, but not as small as a Calliope and much more of that buffy-rufous on her flanks. She was green-backed and had very dark wings when folded. Her tail had the rurous-red at the base, on each side, becoming black with white tips visible when she flared it. She had a considerably buffier belly than other females at the feeders right now; to my eye she is a Rufous Hummingbird; a few weeks earlier than I've seen one before. I've also been hearing a fly-catcher the past few mornings; perhaps the Western Wood-pewee I often see around here. Beverly Jensen La Veta, Huerfano Co. www.RuralChatter.blogspot.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
