----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Philip S Brody" <>
To: "George M. Jett" <>; <>
Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2011 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Green Violet-ear - NA records and interesting/funny 
MI web "blog"


> I've photographed the bird in Costa Rica where it is common in the higher 
> elevation and is resident. It frequents feeders.
> Amazing to find one hear. Is this a record for Maryland ? You can find the 
> photo in Dendroica and also the song.
>
> http://www.natureinstruct.org/dendroica/spec.php
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/birdsnaca/6269177985/in/photostream
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "George M. Jett" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 9:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Green Violet-ear - NA records and 
> interesting/funny MI web "blog"
>
>
>> Jim and others
>>
>> I have also photographed Green Violetear in Colombia, South America.  The 
>> bird was in the NE region of Santa Marta - a safe place to bird.  Look in 
>> the Colombia folder of my website - address below - for an image.  Green 
>> Violetear seemed to be pretty common in that part of Colombia.  Hilty & 
>> Brown (incredibly out of data) say the species ranges down to Bolivia and 
>> N. Brazil.    Still a beautiful bird and I am sad I missed it in MD.
>>
>> My feeders (one in the front and one in the back by large picture windows 
>> I see often) always stay out until at least January 1, and 2/3 full. 
>> Changed as the temperature effects the quality of the feed.  I am not in 
>> a good location - interior (use to be forested).  Better to be along a 
>> waterway, or coastal where the feeder is more easy to be found.  Remember 
>> the 2008 situation in Calvert Co. were there were three species w/in 20 
>> miles of each other - Calliope (not submitted or reviewed as far as I 
>> know), Rufous (no longer reviewable), & Allen's (accepted I think).  All 
>> near the Bay.  The Green Violetear was at the top of the Bay as well. 
>> Regardless, keep out those feeders, and report any sightings as widely as 
>> you feel comfortable w/.  Rufous have been so common that they are no 
>> longer reviewable by the MDDC records committee.  All others are 
>> reviewable.  The first thing you should do is photograph the bird, then 
>> call me - first - 301-752-9240.
>>
>> Once reviewed I think we will now have five non breeding hummingbird 
>> species on the Maryland state list - Rufous, Allen's, Calliope, Anna's, 
>> and Green Violetear.  Others that could be expected are Black-chinned, 
>> Broad-tailed, several of the Mangos, and who know what else.
>>
>> It is useful to science that we learn about these animals (aside from all 
>> the listing crap), so if you get an out-of-season, out-of-range 
>> hummingbird, call me.   I will contact Bruce and David, the banders so we 
>> might be able to help the birds.
>>
>> George
>> 
>> www.georgejett.net
>> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: MICHAEL SPEICHER
>> Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 9:02 PM
>> To: 
>> Subject: [MDOSPREY] Green Violet-ear - NA records and interesting/funny 
>> MI web "blog"
>>
>> July 09, 2008
>> Green Violet-ear - Michigan
>> The hummingbird, Green Violet-ear, Colibri thalassinus, although resident 
>> in the forested mountain regions of Mexico and Central America, is a 
>> surprisingly frequent wanderer.  Records of this species north of Mexico 
>> have been mostly from Texas, and as of 2003, Texas had 41 documented 
>> individuals, but Green Violet-ear has also been recorded north to Alberta 
>> and Ontario, and east to North Carolina. On July 4th, Michigan had its 
>> third record, if the latest sighting is accepted from Michigan's Upper 
>> Peninsula (The UP's second record).
>>
>> Go to the link below for the "rest of the story" - it should have some 
>> appeal to you listers out there and probably more appeal to non-listers 
>> :)
>> http://birding.typepad.com/peeps/2008/07/green-violet-ea.html
>>
>> Jim (Michael) Speicher
>> Broad Run Area of S FRED Co.
>>
>> ps My hummer feeder, as mention previously, is staying up thru the winter 
>> again this year.
>>
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