ML319517861
Contributor
Date
Location
- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
When I arrived I was soon thereafter joined by Loren Wright and later Curtis Marantz. During the length of my visit (from about 11:30 till 2:30) The Bird made approximately 6-8 visits to the feeder, usually being detected first by it’s calls then seen shortly after. The bird was often harassed and chased off by an adult male Allen’s Hummingbird who was often present at the feeder. On the occasions where the ALHU wasn’t present, the bird would usually remain at the feeder for a minute or so, often perching on nearby snags. This was an overall medium-sized hummingbird, maybe slightly longer than an Allen’s but definitively smaller than an Anna’s. The bird seemed much slimmer than either of these species. This was an overall very unique and striking bird with a deep blue almost violet gorget, fading to an aqua blue on the breast and belly. This aqua color of the breast faded further along the flanks, sides of neck and head, and underwing, giving way to green across the back. There was a small indistinct white spot just behind the eye. The crown was overall a dull greenish color. The bill was overall long, and very broad (as the name would imply) especially at the base. The bill had a slight down-curve to it as well. The color of the bill was a deep red at the base becoming more pinkish closer to the tip. On the lower mandible, the last 25% or so of the bill was black. The back was much more extensive on the upper mandible, consisting of about 60% of the bill. The tail was fairly long, overall very broad, and was deeply notched. Also unique among this bird were it’s vocalizations; very dry chip-notes that were somewhat reminiscent of a ruby-crowned kinglet.
Technical information
- Model
- ILCE-7RM3
- Lens
- FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
- ISO
- 400
- Focal length
- 600 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/6.3
- Shutter speed
- 1/1250 sec
- Dimensions
- 4074 pixels x 2961 pixels
- Original file size
- 3.31 MB