Hi all, To add to (or subtract from) this discussion, I forward a link that Andy Guthrie sent me. It's a fascinating (and LONG!) thread from the Illinois Birder's Forum re: Broad-tailed versus Rufous identification, with some interesting twists - http://www.ilbirds.com/index.php?topic=49536.0
Best, Andrew On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Jacob Drucker <jacobdruc...@msn.com>wrote: > Hi All, > > Here are a few more pics of this hummer: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/58638795@N08/ > > The first, blurry picture, shows the gorget shining (looked orangey and > pinkish depending on angle), as well as a nice tail-spread, not really > revealing a notch in R2, but definitely showing the R1>R2>R3 (R2-D2). The > second picture also shows the different generations of feathers in the > wing, while the last picture shows what looks like body molt around the > neck. > > --Jacob > > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
