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08-05-2008, 08:52 PM
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Location: Timberon, NM (In the Sacramento Mountains)
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Some hummingbird pics
Some pics of hummingbirds on our front porch.
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08-05-2008, 09:06 PM
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Fall is here!!
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Location: The Great Southwest
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Originally Posted by songinthewind7
Some pics of hummingbirds on our front porch.
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Great pics, Cheryl.
I see both male and female black-chinned and broad-tailed, but some of the pics of the male with all of the rust-color on him....I am trying to figure out what that is!! It doesn't look like either the black-chinned/broad-tailed...I was thinking Rufous, but I don't think that NM gets that one even in migration.
I stole your pic, and will send it to the family expert (who has over 500 on her life-list)...or do you know what it is?
I didn't put my feeders out this season, but will next year...or maybe even in time this year for migration, which was Labor Day in WT..not sure about here.
Thanks for sharing!!
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08-06-2008, 12:20 PM
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Hummers
Hi Cathy. We think they are Rufous. Let us know.
Charlie
Last edited by songinthewind7; 08-06-2008 at 12:28 PM..
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08-06-2008, 06:43 PM
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Fall is here!!
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Hi Cathy. We think they are Rufous. Let us know.
Charlie
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Hi, Charlie! Guess y'all are enjoying Timberon, at long last!
They do look like rufous....and Mother (almost as rabid a birder as Sis) thought that's what they are. Sis will be back from vacation next week, and I am waiting to hear from her.
This just seems so out of range for them, and also rubythroat, which is why I thought that one of the others might be the broadtailed, which also has a red throat.
Anyway, enjoy them...and I'll let you know what Sis says!
Now if I could just get rid of the pesky, pesky grackles!!!! |
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08-06-2008, 07:54 PM
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Hummers
Other folks around here call them Rufous. They are very aggreessive, running all others off until they get their drink. I think we have both of the red throats here as I have noticed differences. Not very good at identifying them just feeding them. We go thru 4 cups of sugar a day and have up to around fifty at times. Sounds like a very busy airport.
Charlie
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08-06-2008, 08:39 PM
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Fall is here!!
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Other folks around here call them Rufous. They are very aggreessive, running all others off until they get their drink. I think we have both of the red throats here as I have noticed differences. Not very good at identifying them just feeding them. We go thru 4 cups of sugar a day and have up to around fifty at times. Sounds like a very busy airport.
Charlie
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They are sometimes hard to ID....but the Rufous IS a very aggressive hummer, so that sounds about right, LOL!!
Boy, that's a lot of hummers! Are they in migration now? I was thinking it was a bit early for that! |
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08-06-2008, 10:58 PM
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Hummers
Cathy, I think they just like to hang around the beautiful mountains like the rest of us here in Timberon. LOL.
Charlie
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08-07-2008, 09:43 AM
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Fall is here!!
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Cathy, I think they just like to hang around the beautiful mountains like the rest of us here in Timberon. LOL.
Charlie
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No doubt, LOL!! The climate is just about perfect.....and I am still tempted to look for a small summer place down there! |
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08-08-2008, 11:51 AM
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08-10-2008, 08:58 AM
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Fall is here!!
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Originally Posted by songinthewind7
Other folks around here call them Rufous. They are very aggreessive, running all others off until they get their drink. I think we have both of the red throats here as I have noticed differences. Not very good at identifying them just feeding them. We go thru 4 cups of sugar a day and have up to around fifty at times. Sounds like a very busy airport.
Charlie
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Sis says that they are Rufous.... identified the others as black-chinned and broad-tailed. The ruby-throated is not in NM at all.
I need to get my feeder up. She did say that I could get quite a number in migration, even without having had my feeder up this summer!! |
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