ML126665881

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Adult male - Has been present here for a few days; at first was not known for certain whether this bird was an Allen's, Broad-tailed, or a Rufous. My friends and I joined Sam Galick in visiting a ‘Selaphorus’ hummingbird at 1026 Batt’s Lane in Cape May, NJ. Prior to our visit that day, the identification of the bird was uncertain. Sam and I were able to take a few photos of the spread tail of the bird, and among the birders of New Jersey, it was determined to be yet another Rufous Hummingbird. Another Rufous Hummer nearby (at the Goshen Center) that had been present since November of 2011 sort of stole the show from this new Rufous. Then, today I got an email from Sam saying that new photos were taken of the Batt’s Lane bird, and the bird appears to have molted in new tail feathers, and everything looks good for the bird actually being a Broad-tailed Hummingbird! Making this the first state record of that species!

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS REBEL T2i

ISO

400

Focal length

400 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire, auto

f-stop

f/7.1

Shutter speed

1/1000 sec

Dimensions

1539 pixels x 1007 pixels

Original file size

340.77 KB