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Interesting hummer



     The butterfly bushes in my yard continue to attract a few 
hummingbirds.  Yesterday and again this morning I saw a "normal" 
female/immature ruby-throat: green on top, white underneath, dark 
tail with white tips.  However, this afternoon while I was studying 
small skippers, a different hummer appeared.  I got good looks at it 
through binoculars while it visited the butterfly bushes.  It was 
green on top, white underneath, with a short dark tail with white 
tips (the bird never fanned its tail while I was looking).  However, 
along the flanks under the wings it was a light rusty color. 
Otherwise it looked like a standard ruby-throat.  I watched to see if 
it would return, but if it did, I missed it.  I haven't had a hummer 
hanging around the yard for two weeks.

Bob
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Robert C. Perkins, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Methodist College, Fayetteville, NC 28311
910-630-7037     rperkins@methodist.edu