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re: 2021 Flight of the hummingbirds
Posted on 10/6/21 at 7:23 pm to WeagleEagle
Posted on 10/6/21 at 7:23 pm to WeagleEagle
I'd love to have a good camera to get pictures of them. My cell phone camera sux. When I look up "Alabama hummingbirds" or something similar all I see are shitty pictures. Other than ruby throated I can't tell what kind they are.
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Posted on 10/6/21 at 7:27 pm to Harlan County USA
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Posted on 10/6/21 at 8:24 pm to Harlan County USA
This makes me want to get a really good camera. I just can’t justify it at the moment. It would be awesome though. As good as cell phone cameras are they still suck for detail.
Posted on 10/6/21 at 10:43 pm to Harlan County USA
Some ID tips for those of us on the gulf coast or Southeast:
- Ruby-throated are the only expected hummingbirds along the gulf coast,and is the Eastern US, particularly spring, summer, fall. If it's a green bird, green and white, green and buff, etc, it's probably a ruby-throated.
- most similar to the Ruby is a black chinned hummingbird. Only way most of us are going to tell the difference is in an adult male where the gorget (throat) is purple instead of red
- Beginning now and through the winter, there are vagrant western birds, most commonly the Rufous hummingbird. Keep an eye out for a hummingbird that has any bit of orange on it. Juveniles may have just orange tail feathers, while adult males are little orange fireballs.
Keep a feeder out year-round and you may just be surprised at what shows up. Last year was one of the busiest for wintering hummingbirds, with 281 birds banded by the Hummingbird Research project. LINK
- Ruby-throated are the only expected hummingbirds along the gulf coast,and is the Eastern US, particularly spring, summer, fall. If it's a green bird, green and white, green and buff, etc, it's probably a ruby-throated.
- most similar to the Ruby is a black chinned hummingbird. Only way most of us are going to tell the difference is in an adult male where the gorget (throat) is purple instead of red
- Beginning now and through the winter, there are vagrant western birds, most commonly the Rufous hummingbird. Keep an eye out for a hummingbird that has any bit of orange on it. Juveniles may have just orange tail feathers, while adult males are little orange fireballs.
Keep a feeder out year-round and you may just be surprised at what shows up. Last year was one of the busiest for wintering hummingbirds, with 281 birds banded by the Hummingbird Research project. LINK
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