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Those Ruby's are neat  in that they display that red patch  when excited or
agitated. then they can hide it when  they are calm.   neat to see happen ,
i have witnessed it a lot. You can think ya have a female and then  there it
is.. Russell Lima, Ohio
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joanne Konst" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 11:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Little Bird ID


> On 11/3/2010 10:57 AM, Hutson, Timothy B wrote:
>> Joanne,
>>
>> Boy howdy is it not obvious!  In all of the other pics I took, I see no
>> evidence of color.  Is this just non-breeding plumage or is it normal for
>> this bird.
>>
> The male can have a lot of red or a tiny amount.  This may be a
> female--no red patch.  I should have thought it out better!  My bad.
> I've seen some where the  patch was only visible if the bird was on a
> low branch and I was looking practically over their head, and was
> remebering those experiences.
>
> Joanne
>
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