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Vagrant Anna's Hummingbird

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A 'quadtych' of a male subadult Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna that showed up at my feeder on September 25th and is still here. Now, an Anna's Hummingbird on its own may not seem like a very big deal, but as a west-coast species, the individual pictured above is special because he's way off course and very rare in my province. I identified and reported him to the birds record committee and have since played host to a number of bird watcher and photographers wanting to get a good look at him. As migration direction is genetically determined, it is likely that he has some sort of mutation that caused him to head east instead of south, and he may very well attempt to overwinter at my house. Unfortunately, because it's Canada, his chances of survival are next to none when it starts to get really cold. So far we've built a contraption to keep our nectar from freezing, but apart from that there's very little we can do. Here's hoping he actually does decide to go somewhere warmer!
Some of his nicknames include "Little Friend", and "Hummybuns".
:)
Image size
6000x4200px 10.63 MB
Make
NIKON CORPORATION
Model
NIKON D300S
Shutter Speed
1/800 second
Aperture
F/10.0
Focal Length
420 mm
ISO Speed
800
Date Taken
Sep 26, 2013, 2:10:59 PM
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namu-the-orca's avatar
What an interesting visitor, and lovely pictures you took of him as well. Since this pic is from a while ago already, I'm curious now: did he indeed move on to warmer areas or did he spend the winter with you?