[EBB Sightings] White hummer?

Juveniles look just like adults as far as green is concerned (they lack
the mature gorgets of course). This guy just seems to be lacking 
pigmentation. 
Benson

On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:26:02 -0800, "Mary Malec"  wrote:
> 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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