ML482616231
Contributor
Scott Ray Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Hummingbird House - Stanley Home
Mountrail, North Dakota, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
This bird first appeared yesterday and was identified as Selasphorus sp. After sifting through hundreds of photos looking for some that might show any of the published clues used to separate the two nearly identical species, Rufous and Allen's Hummingbird, I am fairly confident that this is a Rufous. Many of the field marks are extremely subtle. Allen's trademark pin-shaped R5 feather only occur in the adult male. So being an imm bird adds to the identification difficulty. I believe it is an imm male. Separating the two species is all in the tail feathers, particularly their shapes. The slight dent in the lateral vein of R2 seems to be the only diagnostic indication of a Rufous instead of Allen's at this age.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS R5
- Lens
- RF800mm F11 IS STM + EXTENDER RF1.4x
- ISO
- 20000
- Focal length
- 1120 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire
- f-stop
- f/16.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/800 sec
- Dimensions
- 3539 pixels x 2366 pixels
- Original file size
- 2.72 MB