Location: Dallas
Month: September, 2012
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Posted 05 September 2012 - 11:36 PM
Ruby-throated OR Black-chinned Hummingbird?
Location: Dallas
Month: September, 2012
Location: Dallas
Month: September, 2012
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Posted 05 September 2012 - 11:48 PM
This is a female Ruby-throated Hummingbird.
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Posted 05 September 2012 - 11:53 PM
Are you sure? I'm actually confused between Ruby-throated and Black-chinned...
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Posted 06 September 2012 - 12:19 AM
Given how gray it is, I'd lean towards female Black-chinned, but the best field mark I know of to separate them is the shape of the outer primaries, which you can't quite see in this photo.
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Posted 06 September 2012 - 12:53 AM
I failed to see the overlap in range. Don't put much weight in my post as I am suddenly very unsure. Sorry.
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Posted 06 September 2012 - 12:54 PM
I live just east of Dallas, and I can say with much belief that this is a Ruby. I have 3 feeders at my house and have never seen anything but Ruby's. The upper green parts seem bright where a black-chinned has duller upper parts. Based on my Natgeo guide, Black-chinned do not come this far east.
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Posted 06 September 2012 - 01:00 PM
I'm guessing Ruby-throated, Sibley's shows a little black above & below white patch behind the eye of BC Hummers.(BC do Summer range to Dallas according to Sibley's)
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