Re: [SBB] hummingbird in Gilroy

[Lisa Myers <[[email protected]]>]

I just had to add to this post.  I spent last Sunday
at Bonfante Gardens.  It was my first time there.  As
I walked about I could hear various bird calls and
quickly realized these were all recordings.  The
speakers were located within the landscaped areas low
to the ground.  

I was there for 6 hours and in all that time only
observed a few American Crows one Western Scrub Jay
one Chestnut Backed Chickadee and I did see one Anna's
Hummingbird and there were a few Mallards. I thought
it so odd that such a beautifully landscaped park
adjacent to some great birding habitat had no birds.
We were even stuck on a ride for 30 minutes while the
maintenance crew worked on things and in all that time
- no birds to be seen.

There was sapsucker evidence on many of the trees. 
Maybe when the park closes during the off-season the
birds move in.

Lisa Myers

--- Mike Rogers <[[email protected]]> wrote:

> 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.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Liza Lee Miller
> <lizalee...>
> Boulder Creek, CA, USA
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>  
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