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From: sandee@sun16.scri.fsu.edu (Daan Sandee)
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Subject: Re: Is this hummer early?
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Date: 1 Mar 91 13:12:21 GMT
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In article <1991Feb28.102637@Unify.com> grp@Unify.com (Greg Pasquariello) writes:
>Sunday, while working in the garden under the hummingbird feeder,
>I was startled to hear the distinctive whine of a Selasphorus
>hummer.  Looking up, I spotted it just before it zoomed into a 
>nearby tree.  I got a look only from below, but it was an adult male 
>Allen's or Rufous.  The local Anna's took to badgering it right
>away, and after two more brief trips to the feeder, it left.
>This seemed kind of early to me.  Anyone know if it is?

Late Feb is quite normal. I was in the area two years ago and they were all
over the place. Got my first dozen or so lifer Allen's in a tree at Pescadero
Marsh, on Feb 25. I think Rufous is a bit later.

Daan Sandee                                           sandee@scri.fsu.edu
Supercomputer Computations Research Institute
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4052  (904) 644-7045