Cobirders, A female RIVOLI'S HUMMINGBIRD was at the feeders at the Fountain Creek Nature Center at 11am today, observed by Jeff Hayes, Ron Goerzen and myself. It was feeding next to a Broad-tailed Hummingbird, and the size difference was remarkable--around 5" versus around 3 1/2". Extremely long bill, grayish underparts, streaky throat, white patch behind eye. Unfortunately no photo, because although I had a camera, I was so surprised to see it that I spent the 30 seconds or so of good observation time trying to memorize field marks and completely forgot to take a picture. Duh.
It only made one appearance, although I waited for an hour hoping for another photo opp. - Randy Vernon Colorado Springs -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/c741d25d-e3f4-474f-b31c-aba5c40fb0d8%40googlegroups.com.
