Sunday, April 10, 2011

Mystery Photo – Extremely Advanced

If you read the AZ-NM birding e-mail list, you might know what this is. It was in my yard this afternoon in north-central Tucson. Hint: there may be a tiny handful of people alive who might get the right answer based on this one photo. (I wouldn't have been one.)

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  1. Alan ContrerasApril 10, 2011 at 9:25 AM

    I know what it is because you told me, but in the field, oy, no chance. Looking at this one pic, all I can say is that the gorget is unusually squared-off for an Anna's, and I'm surprised not to see some color on the forehead or even behind the eye on an Anna's in this plumage.

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  2. birdermurdermamaApril 11, 2011 at 7:29 AM

    My son Bob and I guessed it was a black-chinned since there wasn't any color on the forehead. We lived in Arizona for four years and loved the variety of hummingbirds we could find. I wrote the hummers into my next Birder Murder (titled 'Falcon Finale,' to be published this September), which takes place in Flagstaff - it made me homesick for Arizona!

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