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Rufous Hummer at Irmo SC (photos)




An adult male Rufous Hummingbird was videotaped and photographed visiting a feeder in the Dutch Fork area just north of Columbia SC (Richland County) on the weekend of 1-3 Aug. The vagrant was not seen on 4 Aug, but I visited the site for an attempted banding on 5 Aug; the bird apparently had moved on. This may be the earliest summer sighting of a vagrant adult rufous for the state, beating by almost a week another male banded by us at Sharon SC on 6 Aug 1994.


I finally received the photos and they are now on the Web site for "Operation RubyThroat: The Hummingbird Project" at http://www.rubythroat.org/GalleryRoom21.html

You might want to take a peek at another fine shot of two adult male Ruby-throated Hummingbirds having an encounter at a feeder. It's in the next Gallery Room at http://www.rubythroat.org/GalleryRoom22.html


Happy Hummingbird Watching!


BILL
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BILL HILTON JR., Executive Director
Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History
1432 DeVinney Road, York, South Carolina 29745 USA
hilton@hiltonpond.org, (803) 684-5852, eFax: (503) 218-0845

The mission of Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History is "to conserve plants, animals, habitats, and other natural components of the Piedmont Region of the eastern United States through observation, scientific study, and education for students of all ages." Please visit our web sites (courtesy of Comporium.net) at http://www.hiltonpond.org and http://www.rubythroat.org ("Operation RubyThroat: The Hummingbird Project").

"Never trust a person too lazy to get up for sunrise or too busy to
watch the sunset."					BHjr.