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 > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > 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]