A female Broad-tailed hummingbird briefly visited our backyard on Oct. 22. Irridescent green back. Green spots on whitish throat, without the black/rosy throat patch of males. Buffy/tan flanks. Faint eye ring. Appeared briefly at a large flower pot with zinnias and sweet william catchfly. Broad-tailed hummers are daily feeder visitors here during the summer, but this is our latest yard sighting ever.
Willem van Vliet Boulder On Monday, October 26, 2020 at 10:07:59 AM UTC-6 Doug Ward wrote: > Brenda, > > > > Sorry I didn’t get back to you earlier, just checking in now. It would be > interesting to know what species, but wouldn’t panic, hummingbirds of all > flavors are remarkably durable. It would probably cause more stress to try > and bring it into captivity than leaving it alone. > > > > We split time between Denver and northern Idaho (here currently) where > Anna’s have started moving in as regular Winter residents the past 5-10 > years; just had a nice adult male “move in” last week. Granted *Calypte* > hummingbirds are built as resident birds, but I had similar concerns as you > initially. After consulting several hummingbird experts I know, realized > inaction was the best action. The toughest part ends up trying to keep the > feeder thawed, if you keep it up at all, particularly when it gets well > below zero F. Bear in mind that a hummingbird’s diet isn’t just > nectar/sugar water, but largely sustain on insects. A feeder is supplying > them occasional jolts of energy, but won’t hold them back from moving on > when they are ready. > > > > We now keep a heated feeder up all Winter (in Idaho) as it is nice having > the Anna’s around on a cold, snowy day knowing they would be fine with or > without it hanging at the window. I’m glad you asked the group for advice, > and mine is just one opinion. Please keep us posted. > > > > Good Birding, > > Doug > > > > PS – Would really like to know what species give it is late October. Any > chance you have pictures? > > PS#2 – Have watched Anna’s catching “gnats” (help me out here David) when > it was -10F, so 2F would have been like Summer – again, don’t worry too > much. > > > > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of * > [email protected] > *Sent:* Sunday, October 25, 2020 7:53 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [cobirds] hummingbird > > > > HELP!! I have a hummingbird (juvenile?) at my feeder. Do you think it > can survive 2 degrees? Or, can you think of a way I could catch him until > it warms up, then I can release him, and hopefully he will head south? Or > I could get him to a rehabber. Please respond today. > > > > Brenda Beatty > > Sedalia, Colorado, Douglas County > > -- > > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/000001d6aade%247ff14bf0%247fd3e3d0%24%40gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/000001d6aade%247ff14bf0%247fd3e3d0%24%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/fe3b19bd-8b36-42e9-aad9-ed8846c994f2n%40googlegroups.com.
