Date: 9/14/12 3:20 pm
From: hardenm55 <hardenm55...>
Subject: Re: [MDBirding] Re: vagrant hummer may be mis-ID


Did anyone see this bird today? Did anyone see the Sabines gull today?

Monroe Harden
Havre de Grace, MD
<Hardenm...>
On Sep 14, 2012 12:59 PM, "Richard Edden" <richardedden...> wrote:

> I would love to hear any new opinions, or whether anyone has gone looking
> today. I was considering heading up after work (early).
>
> Thanks all,
>
> Richard Edden,
>
> Owings Mills (but currently in the city), MD
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 11:10 PM, jugbayjs <JugBayJS...> wrote:
>
>> Hi Peter - thanks for the info! This is very exciting, and given the
>> recent spat of rarties elsewhere, some possibly due to Hurricane Irene etc.
>> I think it is highly unlikely but who know? There is a Crested Caracara in
>> NJ now, first reported last weekend. I looked at the pics, and think it is
>> hard to conclude, despite very good quality of a couple of them. There
>> does appear to be white behind the eye, but it is hard to say how much or
>> what shape it may have. Your description sounds good, but the photo does
>> not show the extent of it. The bill length looks long in one photo, but ...
>> normal in others (at least to me). The tail could be telling, since it is
>> fanned and can be used for some hummers to identify them. But I can't blow
>> up the photo clearly enough to see the pattern well, it gets blurry when I
>> try so I can't tell. Maybe someone with some picture software can do more
>> than what I had to work with. I was thinking of going out to try tomorrow
>> but will wait, given the uncertainty for me and since no one else has
>> weighed in yet. I have never been there and it seems like it may be a
>> challenge to get to the site if it involves rush hour! But I LOVE hummers
>> and if it is not a Ruby Throat I will definitely give it a try at some
>> point tomorrow!
>>
>> Thansk again, and Cheers-
>> Jeff Shenot
>>
>> On Thursday, September 13, 2012 10:37:06 PM UTC-4, Peter Lev wrote:
>> > Matt Hafner very kindly sent me a personal email asking if the
>> photographed bird could be a Ruby-throated. Everyone should take a close
>> look at Derek�s pictures and see what they think before rushing out to see
>> this bird. I haven�t done so yet, but I should have done it before I sent
>> out tonight�s post.
>> >
>> > If that is the case, I apologize for letting my enthusiasm get the
>> better of me. It�s important to get other people on a potentially good
>> bird (being too cautious can be a problem), but it�s also a good idea to
>> get expert help early.
>> >
>> > Peter Lev
>> > Baltimore
>>
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