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Wild, Wild West ................... ern Spindalis
Hi,
One my first visit to Vancouver in summer 2004 I observed a hummingbird briefly in Queen Victoria Park. It was distant and I had pretty bad views, but I couldn't see any reddish color on it, so I assumed it was an Anna's. There were two more theories backing my observation up: one was that Anna's are supposed to be very reliable at Queen Victoria park year round (according to the Birder's Guide to Vancouver and the Lower Mainland), and a week earlier I had been on Whidbey Island, in Washington, where hummingbird feeder owners said I had missed the Rufous Hummers by a week or two. So I thought that I had seen this hummer too late in the season for Rufous. I saw the possible Anna's on August 30th.
So is it possible to identify the hummer just from that?
Thanks!
One my first visit to Vancouver in summer 2004 I observed a hummingbird briefly in Queen Victoria Park. It was distant and I had pretty bad views, but I couldn't see any reddish color on it, so I assumed it was an Anna's. There were two more theories backing my observation up: one was that Anna's are supposed to be very reliable at Queen Victoria park year round (according to the Birder's Guide to Vancouver and the Lower Mainland), and a week earlier I had been on Whidbey Island, in Washington, where hummingbird feeder owners said I had missed the Rufous Hummers by a week or two. So I thought that I had seen this hummer too late in the season for Rufous. I saw the possible Anna's on August 30th.
So is it possible to identify the hummer just from that?
Thanks!
