Cheri,

Yes, she was an immature (hatch year) female Rufous. There is a confirmed
record of a Rufous returning to Ohio (banded in Zanesville in 2003, returned
in 2004 and 2005), so yours may return too. Keep an eye open!

Allen Chartier
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1442 West River Park Drive
Inkster, MI  48141
Website: http://www.amazilia.net
Michigan HummerNet: http://www.amazilia.net/MIHummerNet
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Every day, the hummingbird eats its own weight in food.
You may wonder how it weighs the food. It doesn't.
It just eats another hummingbird.
---Steven Wright

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Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 5:46 AM
Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] OHIO-BIRDS Digest - 25 Sep 2007 to 26 Sep 2007
(#2007-268)


> In a message dated 9/27/2007 12:01:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> In late  fall and early winter every hummingbird should be looked at
> carefully; this  is when rare western strays have appeared here.
> Bill  Whan
>
>
>
> My feeders stay up until they freeze. Last year we had  a stray here  in
> Kettering. A (hatch year?) female Rufous. She was seen on Oct.  25th.
> Stayed until
> Nov. 25th. Allen Chartier banded her. I am on alert for  sure.
>
> Cheri M.
>
> (hopefully awaiting a RBNH)
>
>
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