Bird present every 20 minutes or so, last showed up at 10:00. This bird is a young male, as there are a few specs of color on the gorget. No spread tail shots yet to rule out Allen's, but it's likely a Rufous.
Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: Paul Budde <pbu...@earthlink.net> > Date: October 10, 2016 at 11:36:44 AM CDT > To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU > Subject: Re: [mou-net] RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD ISANTI COUNTY > Reply-To: Paul Budde <pbu...@earthlink.net> > > Female Rufous and Allen's hummingbirds are extremely difficult to separate in > the field. While Rufous is more prone to wander, Allen's is not out of the > question -- even though none have been confirmed in Minnesota to date. For > example, there is a similar bird being seen in Massachusetts right now whose > identity is "open". > > If any photographers chase this bird, try to get good shots of the tail > feathers - either from below or of a spread tail. That's the best way to > distinguish the two species. > > Paul > > > Paul Budde > Minneapolis, MN > pbu...@earthlink.net > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of Alex > Sundvall > Sent: Monday, October 10, 2016 10:03 AM > To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU > Subject: [mou-net] RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD ISANTI COUNTY > > Good morning, > A RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD has been visiting the feeder of Jacqui Baker in ISANTI > COUNTY for the past 2 weeks. She had been reporting a hummingbird regularly > on the MN Birding facebook page, but only recently thought that it could be > something different, as it had quite a bit of rufous. She took a picture of > it this morning, confirming its identity as a female Rufous Hummingbird. > She has stated that she will indeed accept visitors; here is her information > "3523 273rd Ave NE Isanti. no dogs (612) 226-7403" It has been coming every > 15-20 minutes, suggesting that this is the only feeder that it is visiting. > I ask that if you do intend to visit, to please be respectful of her and her > property, as we don't want visitation rights to end. I'm sure this won't be a > problem, but a reminder never hurts. > Thank you all, I will be posting updates when I receive them, for those who > don't have Facebook. > Alex Sundvall > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html