All, Jane Pederson has had what is most likely a 2nd year male Magnificent Hummingbird sporadically at her house over the past 4 days. Below is her description of the bird. Please contact her at [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> for permission to view the hummingbird.
Thanks, Lisa Edwards Palmer Lake, CO > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Janelcsw <[email protected]> > Subject: No Mag this morning-but a revision of Mag sighting > Date: June 26, 2015 at 9:08:50 AM MDT > > > The Mag I observed yesterday morning was a male, not a female. The bird was > very dark overall. Had a bold white post-ocular spot. I observed no color > EXCEPT for a brief second, there were just a few feathers that appeared blue > or purple, I believe on his head. I still thought female as some females in > our study can have some gor feathers with color (BTLH), but the overall dark > color of this bird didn't make me think male right away. (my look of the bird > probably lasted 5 seconds--and I was in shock! He was about 1 1/2 feet from > me on the other side of the shower window, on the feeder). The bird appeared > very much like the adult male on Page 97 of Howell, Hummingbirds of North > America. And according to the Peterson Hummer guide, it could have been a > second spring male. You may be thinking--does she know what a Mag looks like? > Well, yes I do--I just returned from 2 weeks in se AZ and have also handled > Mags in the past at our hummingbird conservation project in AZ. > There was a Mag at Durango Mt. Resort about 6/7 years ago, AND there was a > Mag at the Dunton Guard Station (our other hummer banding station in > Colorado) in the next year that stayed about 2 weeks. The researchers were > never able to capture the bird to band it, but it was observed extensively. > I believe both these birds were females. > > Jane Pedersen > [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/BLU437-SMTP67BB994947E3223A4C8D18F5AB0%40phx.gbl. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
