[EBB Sightings] White hummer?

I live only a few minutes from where you so accurately described, so I went
there at noon and took some photos of this hummer.  I don't know enough
about hummers to ID but maybe someone else can.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/marymalec/


On 3/26/07, Mary McCanta  wrote:
> In Emeryville near the UA Theater we saw a hummingbird that looks very
> white (not albino), with just a faint bit of color on the sides and a
> little black edging on the underside of the tail.  The back and head
> look completely white, the bill is dark.  We've gone through all our
> bird books and haven't found anything that looks this light colored all
> over, but it seems much smaller than the Anna's hummer I have nesting in
> my yard.  Could it be a juvenile Anna's?  The other hummer that looked
> approximately the same in the bird book is a juvenile Costa's since it's
> so much smaller than an Anna's but that would be pretty rare here.  If
> anyone else lives near Emeryville and can take a look, maybe you can ID
> better than me!
> My partner has seen this bird every day around 1-2pm when she walks to
> lunch and I saw it there in that time period as well. Not sure if it's
> around at other times of day, but it's possible.  Exact location:  in
> the parking lot between the UA Emeryville Theater and the Marketplace
> there is a long walkway lined with trees.  The hummer is usually singing
> in these trees which fortunately don't have their leaves yet.  We
> watched it for about 10 minutes before it finally flew off into the
> (leafed out) trees on the the other side of the lot and we couldn't
> refind him.  Not sure if the rain will deter it or not!
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