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Posted by Alex Harper on 08:12:11 02/12/06

In Reply to: Sadowski - Spot-breasted - Black-chinned@Fairchild posted by Trey Mitchell

How often do Ruby-throated Hummingbirds have primaries as long as a Black-chinned? Many say that looking at the wingtips is a certain way to separate the two. Here is a post from John Boyd back in September of a male Ruby-throated:

http://www.tropicalaudubon.org/tasboard/messages/9624.html
You can see the primaries are very pointed, knife like as someone mentioned. In Trey's pictures, the Ruby-throated has fairly broad wingtips.

I may have more questions to come. This is a good learning experience for me.

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