Black-chinned Hummingbirds!

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Posted by Larry Manfredi on 17:17:24 12/31/05

We birded Castellow Hammock in south Miami-Dade from 11:00 a.m to 1:30 p.m., we saw at least five different hummingbirds while we were there: 2- adult male Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, 3-female/immature birds including one that I am almost 100% certain is a immature Black-chinned Hummingbird. We looked for the adult Black-chinned Hummingbird reported by Dave Goodwin, we did not find it. However we sacrificed ourselves for Barb and Ted Center by leaving to eat a late lunch, 10-minutes after we left Barb & Ted saw the adult male Black-chinned Hummingbird perched in the sun. It was located in one of the oak trees along the edge of the parking lot by the paved trail leading to the building. Ted told me that the male Black-chinned Hummingbird tried to feed in the Chinese Hat Plant but was chased off by the Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. The same thing was happening to the female/immature Black-chinned Hummingbird during the time that we were there. My wife saw the bird at close range perched but I missed it. I did get brief glimpses of it later while it tried to feed only to be chased away by the Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. The immature bird is very gray on the head and even seems to be grayish on the back, it feeds with an almost waterthrush like tail pumping. When the Ruby-throated Hummingbirds feed the tail only twitches, very different from the Black-chinned Hummingbird.

So with Barb & Ted seeing the adult male Black-chinned Hummingbird that makes at least six birds in total! Now where is that darn Bahama Woodstar????

Larry Manfredi
Homestead, FL.
E-mail: birderlm@bellsouth.net
http://www.southfloridabirding.com

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Ruby-throated Hummingbird - John Boyd 07:49:20 01/03/06 (0)
Re: Black-chinned Hummingbirds -- Not seen Sunday morning - John Boyd 13:15:07 01/01/06 (1)
- Re: Black-chinned Hummingbirds -- Not seen Sunday morning - Trey 17:39:46 01/01/06 (0)
Re: Black-chinned Hummingbirds! - Toe 17:52:16 12/31/05 (0)

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Comments:	: We birded Castellow Hammock in south Miami-Dade from 11:00 a.m to 1:30 p.m., we saw at least five different hummingbirds while we were there: 2- adult male Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, 3-female/immature birds including one that I am almost 100% certain is a immature Black-chinned Hummingbird. We looked for the adult Black-chinned Hummingbird reported by Dave Goodwin, we did not find it. However we sacrificed ourselves for Barb and Ted Center by leaving to eat a late lunch, 10-minutes after we left Barb & Ted saw the adult male Black-chinned Hummingbird perched in the sun. It was located in one of the oak trees along the edge of the parking lot by the paved trail leading to the building. Ted told me that the male Black-chinned Hummingbird tried to feed in the Chinese Hat Plant but was chased off by the Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. The same thing was happening to the female/immature Black-chinned Hummingbird during the time that we were there. My wife saw the bird at close range perched but I missed it. I did get brief glimpses of it later while it tried to feed only to be chased away by the Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. The immature bird is very gray on the head and even seems to be grayish on the back, it feeds with an almost waterthrush like tail pumping. When the Ruby-throated Hummingbirds feed the tail only twitches, very different from the Black-chinned Hummingbird. : : So with Barb & Ted seeing the adult male Black-chinned Hummingbird that makes at least six birds in total! Now where is that darn Bahama Woodstar???? : : Larry Manfredi : Homestead, FL. : E-mail: birderlm@bellsouth.net : http://www.southfloridabirding.com
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