3 winter hummingbirds banded in our yard today--a rare allen's

democrat in Tallahassee

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Sun Dec-19-04 10:44 PM
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3 winter hummingbirds banded in our yard today--a rare allen's

hummingbird, a male ruby throat, a juvenal rubythroat and there was one rufous that wouldn't fly into the cage.
Last year we had 5 rufous and a rubythroat banded

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OnionPatch

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Sun Dec-19-04 10:47 PM
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1. Wow, I didn't know they were in the east

except for the ruby-throated. Cool. I only see rufous and Allen's when they migrate. Most we have Anna's here.

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mtnsnake

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Sun Dec-19-04 10:49 PM
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2. Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backwards

I think.

They are so cool.

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StClone

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Sun Dec-19-04 10:54 PM
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3. Lucky You! Rufous in the Snow

An apparent Rufous was at Duluth, MN on Dec. 1 in the snow: it had been there for weeks.

The number of western Hummingbirds in the East and Southeast is apparently a normal occurrence, but who knows.

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