Female Rufous and Allen's hummingbirds are extremely difficult to separate in the field. While Rufous is more prone to wander, Allen's is not out of the question -- even though none have been confirmed in Minnesota to date. For example, there is a similar bird being seen in Massachusetts right now whose identity is "open".
If any photographers chase this bird, try to get good shots of the tail feathers - either from below or of a spread tail. That's the best way to distinguish the two species. Paul Paul Budde Minneapolis, MN [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alex Sundvall Sent: Monday, October 10, 2016 10:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [mou-net] RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD ISANTI COUNTY Good morning, A RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD has been visiting the feeder of Jacqui Baker in ISANTI COUNTY for the past 2 weeks. She had been reporting a hummingbird regularly on the MN Birding facebook page, but only recently thought that it could be something different, as it had quite a bit of rufous. She took a picture of it this morning, confirming its identity as a female Rufous Hummingbird. She has stated that she will indeed accept visitors; here is her information "3523 273rd Ave NE Isanti. no dogs (612) 226-7403" It has been coming every 15-20 minutes, suggesting that this is the only feeder that it is visiting. I ask that if you do intend to visit, to please be respectful of her and her property, as we don't want visitation rights to end. I'm sure this won't be a problem, but a reminder never hurts. Thank you all, I will be posting updates when I receive them, for those who don't have Facebook. Alex Sundvall ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
