ML617805758

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

1 female/immature hummingbird with small size, short wings and tail, green upperparts, mostly white underparts with some gorget and green on the sides. The key feature of the gradually widening primaries, narrower on the innermost, widening by the 5th and 6th, is just visible. The inward curving wing shape is also seen. The somewhat short, straight bill and outermost primary tip that is narrower than the preceding primary (visible on the first photo where the left wingtip crosses under the right wing on the near side) raises the question of a possible Ruby-throated Hummingbird, but based on range and most of the visible characters, including the gray forecrown and short tail, along with green sides, Black-chinned would still seem more likely. The tail also has a rather pointed white outer feather tip (rather than broadly rounded white tip as in Anna's) visible just beyond the green inner tail feathers on the first photo. The absence of any rusty color would seem to rule out Selasphorus sp. or Calliope as well.

Technical information

Model

COOLPIX P900

ISO

500

Focal length

357 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/6.5

Shutter speed

1/500 sec

Dimensions

901 pixels x 1038 pixels

Original file size

189.83 KB