CrabAppleLane buff-bellied hummingbird - October 27, 2008
I was convinced this was a female rufous hummingbird until I heard the sounds from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Well, first I found some nearly identical pictures of it on the web. On each bird's page on Cornell's Birding site, you can listen to its song. Very cool resource. What CrabAppleLane has here for over a month now is most certainly a buff-bellied hummingbird. It's quite the chatterbox and I hope it makes a permanent home here although the cantankerous ruby-throats probably wouldn't like it. You were right, Katie.
Quote of the Day
We'll just be satisfied with any bowl game we get, playing the way we played this season.
Brandon LaFell, LSU Tiger
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: "I am very excited that the Buff-bellied Hummingbird that first appeared in my yard, Oct. 27, was banded, shortly after daylight, on Halloween."
Pretty cool that my picture was taken on October 27, too. -Rob
