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Discussion => General Discussions => Topic started by: Brian Bailey on January 27, 2011, 09:13:05 PM

Title: Anna's Hummingbird in Newfoundland
Post by: Brian Bailey on January 27, 2011, 09:13:05 PM

An Anna's Hummingbird has been reported in Newfoundland:  http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2011 ... d-127.html (http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2011/01/27/nl-pacific-hummingbird-127.html)

The CBC item also includes a video.  (And just like in real life, there's a long stretch in the middle with no bird. :wink: )

The article says Anna's Hummingbirds were reported in Ontario & Québec last fall.  I don't remember hearing that, and I don't see them on the Ontario Checklist (http://www.ofo.ca/checklist/checklist.php).  (A report from last fall wouldn't be there yet.)  

I think they have a reputation for wandering a bit, but I suspect that's the furthest east one has ever been found.

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Post by: Reuven_M on January 27, 2011, 09:34:45 PM

Here's the anna's reports from the fall:
http://pdpratt.blogspot.com/2010/11/lat ... gbird.html (http://pdpratt.blogspot.com/2010/11/late-hummingbird.html)

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Post by: Brian Bailey on January 27, 2011, 09:42:17 PM

I noticed a related article (http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2011/01/24/nl-annas-hummingbird-124.html) which states, "This fall, places in Ontario and Quebec reported their first Anna's hummingbird sightings."

If this is the same bird that appeared in Cottam, its plumage has matured considerably.

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Post by: Brian Bailey on January 27, 2011, 09:47:33 PM

OOPS!  :oops:   I just read the rest of Paul Pratt's blog post.  If it's the same bird, it's had more than a plumage change:  a gender change as well!

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