I know Mary Gustafson asked to be notified on these winter hummers and she
may be able to trap it for "post-CBC" ID.

Gail Mackiernan

on 12/18/2004 1:29 PM, Steve Pretl at  wrote:

> A female Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird was observed this morning, on the DC
> Christmas Bird Count, at and around the feeder put up in the Ripley Garden
> next to the Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building.
> 
> The observers weren't able to determine which of the two species it
> was.  Is there anything someone else can do today to pin down the species
> for CBC purposes?
> 
> [Also interesting on the territory were two Bonapartes' Gulls in the pool
> west of the Capitol.]
> 
> Steve Pretl
> Wash DC
> 202-413-8351
>