Hi all -

Congrats Cheri, on your Rufous hummer.

Hope everyone is still keeping up their sugar-filled nectar hubs for
late/rare/stray hummers.
ANY hummer seen now is fair game to be an oddity. So keep your cameras
handy, perhaps, just incase you think "that ruby-throat looks strange".
Here's an example of just that....currently there's an immature/female type
Black-chinned Hummingbird in West Virginia - what would be a 1st state
record. Notice how frustratingly-similar to Ruby-throated this bird is. They
key to IDing late season hummers is patience, detail detail detail, and,
well, a camera. Here's those photos, for kicks:


  http://wvbirder.com/hummers/c3471a_bchu_filtered.jpg

  http://wvbirder.com/hummers/c3472a_bchu_filtered.jpg

  http://wvbirder.com/hummers/c3549a_bchu_filtered.jpg

  http://wvbirder.com/hummers/c3456a_bchu_filtered.jpg

  The Sleepy Baby...
  http://wvbirder.com/hummers/c3442a_bchu_filtered.jpg

Also of note, the Headlands crew has been kicking up some good sightings
recently. All three scoters are making showings, plus a POMARINE JAEGER was
seen off the point within the past couple of days. A flock of 100+
Green-winged Teal streaming by over the water was notable as well.

cheers
jen

jen brumfield
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akron, oh

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