[SBB] hummingbird in Gilroy

[[[email protected]] (Mike Rogers)]

All,

Another post that may be of interest to SBB readers - about a large hummingbird at Bonfante Gardens in Gilroy, posted to monterey-bay-birds. Really large U.S. hummingbirds include Plain-capped Starthroat, Blue-throated Hummingbird, and Magnificent Hummingbird (and perhaps Green Violet-ear), all having green crowns except Magnificent, in which the male has a purple crown and is dark below.

Mike


Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 21:00:39 -0700
From: Liza Lee Miller <lizalee...>
Subject: [MBB] Hummingbird ID help 

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I am writing in the hopes that someone can help but . . . given that 
I did not get a photograph (good, bad, or indifferent), I'm 
doubtful. However . . .

I was with my family at Bonfonte Gardens today. My husband and I 
were watching them get on a ride and I saw a hummingbird in the tree 
overhead. It was not a hummer I recognized. I live in Boulder Creek 
and have tons of Anna's hummers at my kitchen window everyday. I 
also see Allen's for sure and possibly Rufous hummingbirds too.

This hummer was BIG. Really big compared to what I'm used to 
seeing. While I was fiddling with my camera, my husband got a good 
look at the colors of it as it flew in the sun. It had a blue 
crown. It was a dark colored hummer but I was below it and it was in 
the shade. I took a shot of it but it flew into the leaves. The 
ride started then and it flew away. I did not see any other hummers 
all day.

So, blue head and BIG compared to an Anna's. Any ideas?

Thanks for any insight. I realize that it might be impossible to say 
what it was without a picture and even then . . .

cheers,

-llm.
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Liza Lee Miller
<lizalee...>
Boulder Creek, CA, USA
http://egretsnest.blogspot.com/
http://www.flickr.com/people/lizalee/
http://www.linkedin.com/in/lizaleemiller
 

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