Seen at 5:45 on Lakeside Drive, Robert E. Lee Park (Lake Roland), just past
the "stump dump" for Davey Tree: A large hummingbird with bright white
breast and belly, dark upperparts, long dark very thin bill (a hummingbird
bill). About the size of a small warbler-there were ruby-throated hummers
around, and it was much larger. Closest match in the Sibley book is
Violet-Crowned, but I didn't see any red on the bill. Also, Sibley shows a
plain brown tail on the Violet-Crowned, and this bird had a black and white
tail pattern, with white on the edges, like many of our North American
hummers.
So what was it? I don't have experience with tropical hummers, but will
check my Costa Rica field guide as soon as I get offline.
The bird was between Lakeside Drive and the Jones Falls. It appeared as I
was watching a mixed flock of warblers, vireos and other birds. I got a
good but fairly brief look.
Peter Lev
Baltimore
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