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 [log in to unmask] akron, oh _________________________________________________________________ Get FREE company branded e-mail accounts and business Web site from Microsoft Office Live http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/mcrssaub0050001411mrt/direct/01/ ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]