tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598189770868382234.post8479886359118739830..comments2022-03-24T20:10:33.938-06:00Comments on Rural Chatter: Birds, Nature and Environment: Learn What to Look For!Beverlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09334121900896195207noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598189770868382234.post-70074532736776812982009-05-28T07:38:14.388-06:002009-05-28T07:38:14.388-06:00Hmmmmmmmmmm...I don't know where you are, Scienceg...Hmmmmmmmmmm...I don't know where you are, Scienceguy; but do you usually have hummingbirds? During the summers here, we have four varieties for sure...and with a visitor thrown in now and then. I don't know how long they've been keeping records, but according to the CFO, twelve (!!!) different hummers have been IDed in this county! SheeshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhBeverlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09334121900896195207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598189770868382234.post-38209961129047737322009-05-22T17:20:16.101-06:002009-05-22T17:20:16.101-06:00Still no hummers up where I'm at. Perhaps it is j...Still no hummers up where I'm at. Perhaps it is just a bit too cool and early in the year for them. Time will tell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598189770868382234.post-51174406582170099572009-05-22T14:32:01.644-06:002009-05-22T14:32:01.644-06:00Sibley calls those first year birds "sub-adult." B...Sibley calls those first year birds "sub-adult." By the next spring they are mature.<br /><br />We're getting lots of rain down here!Bosque Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00001863270259847102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598189770868382234.post-51358028854907801622009-05-22T14:27:40.825-06:002009-05-22T14:27:40.825-06:00Hmmmmmmm...something to think about; thanks Bill.
...Hmmmmmmm...something to think about; thanks Bill.<br /><br />I wonder when a hummer gets its colorful gorget? Are they like some other birds...and don't get 'adult plumage' till after their first year? When a young hummer is born and flies south with it's first migration...when it comes back through is it considered a 'first year' or an adult? <br /><br />I saw some photos of 'young male' Calliopes and they had only a bit of 'dark' on their chins...nothing like the colorful bibs they'd have later. <br /><br />See...I have soooooooo much to learn!Beverlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09334121900896195207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598189770868382234.post-75158934557944202782009-05-22T08:45:29.633-06:002009-05-22T08:45:29.633-06:00Female hummers are difficult. This early in the se...Female hummers are difficult. This early in the season I think you can eliminate juvenile or sub-adult plumage from consideration. Body shape, as you said, and appearance of the tail, especially when spread, are the best options for ID.<br /><br />It seemed like I had an influx of hummers yesterday, too.Bosque Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00001863270259847102noreply@blogger.com