grp@Unify.com (Greg Pasquariello) (03/01/91)
Sunday, while working in the garden under the hummingbird feeder, I was startled to hear the distinctive whine of a Selasphorus hummer. Looking up, I spotted it just before it zoomed into a nearby tree. I got a look only from below, but it was an adult male Allen's or Rufous. The local Anna's took to badgering it right away, and after two more brief trips to the feeder, it left. This seemed kind of early to me. Anyone know if it is? -- --- Greg Pasquariello grp@unify.com Unify Corporation Be good and never poison people
sandee@sun16.scri.fsu.edu (Daan Sandee) (03/01/91)
In article <1991Feb28.102637@Unify.com> grp@Unify.com (Greg Pasquariello) writes: >Sunday, while working in the garden under the hummingbird feeder, >I was startled to hear the distinctive whine of a Selasphorus >hummer. Looking up, I spotted it just before it zoomed into a >nearby tree. I got a look only from below, but it was an adult male >Allen's or Rufous. The local Anna's took to badgering it right >away, and after two more brief trips to the feeder, it left. >This seemed kind of early to me. Anyone know if it is? Late Feb is quite normal. I was in the area two years ago and they were all over the place. Got my first dozen or so lifer Allen's in a tree at Pescadero Marsh, on Feb 25. I think Rufous is a bit later. Daan Sandee sandee@scri.fsu.edu Supercomputer Computations Research Institute Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4052 (904) 644-7045
wander@csa2.lbl.gov (ADRIAN WANDER) (03/02/91)
Re the recent posting on Allens hummers. (Sorry, I couldn't find the original so I can't give a reference). I got my first one this year on feb 12. Birds of Northern California gives the dates as late Jan for Allens and mid feb for Rufous. I don't know wether Rufous is rare this year, but I cann't find one anywhere :-(