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From: john@nmt.edu (John Shipman)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: HUMMINGBIRD WARNING
Keywords: hummingbirds migration California
Message-ID: <1990Aug15.153528.19861@nmt.edu>
Date: 15 Aug 90 15:35:28 GMT
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Mark Chojnacki (mark@sco.com) writes:
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| And now a challenge: has anybody on the net seen more
| than 12 species of hummingbirds in North America (U.S.
| and Canada)?
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Sure, I've got 13: Berylline, Lucifer, Broad-billed,
Violet-crowned, Blue-throated, Magnificent, Ruby-throated,
Black-chinned, Anna's, Calliope, Broad-tailed, Rufous, and
Allen's.  I have 9 of those in New Mexico.

My favorite hummer-watching spots are in Arizona, at the
Santa Rita Lodge in Madera Canyon (Berylline) and the
Spofford Ranch in Portal (Lucifer).  I could probably get
White-eared and Costa's if I had time to chase rarities;
there have been a flurry of White-eared reports from Ramsey
Canyon for the last month or so, and I know some spots where
Costa's can allegedly be found.
-- 
John Shipman/Zoological Data Processing/Socorro, NM/john@jupiter.nmt.edu
``Let's go outside and commiserate with nature.''  --Dave Farber