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 [log in to unmask] 1442 West River Park Drive Inkster, MI 48141 Website: http://www.amazilia.net Michigan HummerNet: http://www.amazilia.net/MIHummerNet =============================================== 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 ----- Original Message ----- From: <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> 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) > > > > ************************************** See what's new at > http://www.aol.com > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at > www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. > > 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] > ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. 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]