Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!ucsd!ucbvax!ucdavis!csusac!unify!magpie!grp From: grp@unify.uucp (Greg Pasquariello) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: Re: migrating hummers Message-ID: Date: 8 Aug 90 19:53:19 GMT References: <59389@lanl.gov> Sender: news@Unify.Com (news admin) Reply-To: grp@unify.com Organization: Unify Corporation, Sacramento, California Lines: 23 In-Reply-To: ssb@lanl.gov's message of 7 Aug 90 14:13:46 GMT In article <59389@lanl.gov> ssb@lanl.gov (Susan S Bunker) writes: > > Here in Northern New Mexico at an elevation of 7300 feet, > we have two abundant hummingbird species. The broadtails > arrive around tax time. I saw my first on April 21st this > year. The Rufous arrives on the Fourth of July give or > take a few days (last year it was July 2, this year July 3). > Could it be that Greg, in the foothills of the Sierras, is > seeing migration to lower altitude rather than lower > latitude? Has the weather in the Sierras been unusual this > summer? No, the Rufous does not occur around here except in migration. When migrating southward, they often move to even the highest mountain peaks and use the mea- dows. Southbound movement occurs during July and August, so I would be seeing an early-to-mid migration southbound bird. BTW, it was not around this morning, so it's possible that it left. There is still the question of whether it was a Rufous or an Allen's -- -Greg Pasquariello grp@unify.com