All, I've posted photos for ALL to debate / review here:
http://wahzoh.blogspot.com/2010/11/rufous-allens-selasphorus-hummingbird.html

Best,
Dan
West Annapolis, MD


On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 9:00 AM, Paul Noell <> wrote:
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> Dan Haas <> wrote:
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>>I posted several photos of the PG hummer to facebook. They should be viewable to all, even if you are not a fb user.
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>>http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=240649&id=518902595&ref=mf
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>>Best,
>>
>>Dan Haas
>>West Annapolis, MD
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>>
>>
>>Sent from my iPhone
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>>On Nov 22, 2010, at 8:01 AM, Bill Hubick <> wrote:
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>>> Hi Everyone,
>>>
>>> I think I'm guilty of tossing out the Rufous label too early on the P.G. bird. I'm all for being conservative and awaiting banding and/or truly close-up spread tail shots. This is a notoriously difficult ID and some of these birds get debated even after they've been studied in-hand. I'm good with Selasphorus for now!
>>>
>>> Awesome bird, and I look forward to more documentation. I can also post a few more tail shots later. Dan Haas has more as well.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> b
>>>
>>>
>>> Bill Hubick
>>> Pasadena, Maryland
>>> 
>>> http://www.billhubick.com
>>>
>>>
>>> --- On Mon, 11/22/10, Bill Hubick <> wrote:
>>>
>>>> From: Bill Hubick <>
>>>> Subject: [MDOSPREY] Sunday Highlights--Hummingbird Photos, Charles Cattle Egrets, North Beach Pelicans
>>>> To: 
>>>> Date: Monday, November 22, 2010, 6:40 AM
>>>> Hi Everyone,
>>>>
>>>> Below are some highlights from a great Sunday of late fall
>>>> birding with John Hubbell and Mike Ostrowski.
>>>>
>>>> First and foremost - Many thanks to Rick Borchelt for the
>>>> invitation to view his Selasphorus hummingbird. I'd
>>>> appreciate confirmation from those fully qualified to rule
>>>> out Allen's, but it looks like a good Rufous to me. (Also
>>>> present: Rick Borchelt, Mikey Lutmerding, Jim Moore, Jared
>>>> Fisher, Dan Haas had just left)
>>>>
>>>> http://www.billhubick.com/images2/rufous_hummingbird_college_park_md_20101121_01.jpg
>>>> http://www.billhubick.com/images2/rufous_hummingbird_college_park_md_20101121_02.jpg
>>>>
>>>> Smoky Road, Calvert Co.
>>>>
>>>> Good numbers of expected species, headlined by a total of
>>>> 33 HERMIT THRUSHes, easily becoming my new high count
>>>> (previously 18 at a single site). At one point we had seven
>>>> in a single tree. The berry crop here is excellent right
>>>> now, but the fields are tidy with winter wheat and poor for
>>>> sparrows except along hedgerows. Five Red-breasted
>>>> Nuthatches. A Cooper's Hawk made an attack run on a flying
>>>> flock of Cedar Waxwings.
>>>>
>>>> Cattle Egrets in Charles
>>>>
>>>> We visited Indian Creek WMA for sparrows/rarities, and
>>>> enjoyed the continuing four CATTLE EGRETs originally found
>>>> by the Ostrowski brothers.
>>>>
>>>> North Beach Pelicans
>>>>
>>>> Waiting to turn left at the light on Route 260, John picked
>>>> out six BROWN PELICANs headed north. Good birds already, we
>>>> quickly realized these would probably continue north past
>>>> the Anne Arundel line. Minutes later we were at North Beach
>>>> Marsh and had moments to spare before they crossed into Anne
>>>> Arundel. My third record, and doubling my previous high
>>>> count of three from 11/26 of last year. Surf and Black
>>>> Scoters present.
>>>>
>>>> Chesapeake Beach Marina
>>>>
>>>> Laughing Gull--191
>>>> Ring-billed Gull--5
>>>> Herring Gulls--139
>>>> Great Black-backed Gull--84
>>>>
>>>> Good duck numbers at Herrington, but we didn't have enough
>>>> time to get careful counts of scaup and Bufflehead. All
>>>> three scoters present, with about 25 Black Scoters, 4 Surf
>>>> Scoters, and a single White-winged Scoter.
>>>>
>>>> Good birding!
>>>>
>>>> Bill
>>>>
>>>> Bill Hubick
>>>> Pasadena, Maryland
>>>> 
>>>> http://www.billhubick.com
>>>>
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