Russ
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Humming bird id ?
Haven't seen this one before. Anyone have an idea what flavor it is?
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tehag
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Tough call. I suspect that the orange forehead is just a pollen load. It is a young male, regardless. Without some throat color that's as far as I can
go.
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New species!
You get to name it. I suggest something commemorating Mason!
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I've had one with similar coloration in my yard.
One guess: Allen's Hummingbird
See: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Allens_Hummingbird/id
"In early spring, a narrow strip of scrub and chaparral along the Pacific Coast starts buzzing with the sights and sounds of the coppery and green
Allen's Hummingbird. Males flash their brilliant reddish orange throat and put on an elaborate show for the females, swinging in pendulous arcs before
climbing high into the sky and diving back down with a sharp squeal made by their tails. These early migrants mostly spend the winter in Mexico, but
some stay in southern California year-round."
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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An "immature Rufous" ??
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Black Chinned? These do winter in Mexico.
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I vote for Rufous Hummingbird, if there was more brown than green.
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Wish I could blow it up larger, will figger out how some day. Maybe tomorrow. I hear they taste like chicken.
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David K
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It is a native Russellus Beeftacous, attracted to the white sour cream and sweet house sauce Russ has.
[Edited on 8-29-2017 by David K]
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Russ
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