All, My odd hummer was caught and banded this morning by Tim Tolford http://www.tolford.com/birdband/Hummingbirds.htm . It has turned out to be an immature male Ruby-throated that has some very odd molt going on. That is what threw me off - I have never seen anything like this before. They are supposed to molt on the wintering grounds. To see photos go to my blog at : http://donaldthebirder.blogspot.com/ , (Tim has more that he took and will post them on his site later). ---- Donald Morse Jr. New Richmond, OH ______________________________________________________________________ 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]