[EBB Sightings] Re: Re: Black-chinned Hummingbird at Coyote Hills nectar garden

The experts have weighed in, including Joe Morlan here, and it appears
that the bird I found was most likely an Anna's Hummingbird after all,
doing a passable imitation of a Black-chinned.  Or perhaps I should settle
for "female hummer."  For now I've relocated her to my Anna's page.  Some
discussion on the ID is available at

http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=126088

				DaveL

**** Joseph Morlan wrote: *****
Yes, most Black-chinned Hummingbirds have left the Bay Area by now. The
last of the Black-chins are gone from California by the first week of
October.

But don't Black-chins usually show narrow inner primaries?  To me, all the
primaries appear to be about the same width on your photos.  The wide
inner
primaries and the grayish wash on the sides and lack of buff on the flanks
would have led me to identify the bird as an Anna's Hummingbird if I had
seen it myself.

Did you hear it call?

**** end quote ****


On Sat, 25 Oct 2008, David Leahy wrote:

> My first post to this list . . . today I went to Coyote Hills to look for
> the Prairie Falcon (which I found, second tower north of the entry road).
> I went on to the park, but was somewhat disappointed to find all of the
> usual wetland area dried out.  Not so birdy there.  I did find this girl
> at the nectar garden by the Visitor's center,
> http://leahy.to/birds/black-chinned%20hummingbird.html
> The only time I've seen a Black-chinned Hummingbird in California (I don't
> get away from the Bay Area much for my birding).  Is this unusual?  Is she
> a wandering migrant who should be in Mexico by now?
> 				DaveL