Ruby-throated/Black-chinned Hummingbird - Steve Calver

ML627397533

Ruby-throated/Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus colubris/alexandri

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Location

602 Dyches Drive, Savannah, Georgia, US (31.985, -81.124)
Chatham, Georgia, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: 31.9850773, -81.1241393
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Observation details

Continuing. Will add photo when I get a decent one. Gray fringe to contour feathers and no indication of dark feathers on throat indicates this is probably a hatch year feamale. Outer primary P10 appears rather wide at tip and bird was observed to flip tail, expected for BCHU. According to Pyle, a HY female should have a P10 with a much wider tip. The tip of this P10 appears to have the shape of a hatch year male BCHU or hatch year female RTHU. In addition, face patch seems dark and distinct, forehead appears green rather than gray, and at least some P1-6 appear to have tip that is straights or slightly concave, expected of RTHU. I have one photo from a day or two ago that shows tail quite a bit longer than wings, expected of RTHU. I have yet to get a good photo of the bird sitting and showing shape of primary tips. If this bird is a hatch year female, it should be a RTHU. If it is a hatch year male (unlikely)kit might be a BCHU.

Technical information

Model
Canon EOS 7D Mark II
ISO
6400
Focal length
300 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire
f-stop
f/6.3
Shutter speed
1/3200 sec
Dimensions
2537 pixels x 1903 pixels
Original file size
710.6 KB