RE: [cobirds] Aberrant Hummingbird Question + Other Birds of Note - Arapahoe

Perhaps the bird poked its head in somewhere deep and got its head feathers all sticky? Otherwise it looks like a BT hummer to me. Or maybe its some rare bird blown up from Central America by Hurricane Ida!? – Dave Hyde/Longmont

 

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From: Jared Del Rosso
Sent: Sunday, September 5, 2021 9:31 AM
To: Colorado Birds
Subject: Re: [cobirds] Aberrant Hummingbird Question + Other Birds of Note - Arapahoe

 

The hummingbird visited my yard again this morning. My photos confirmed what I saw a few evenings ago, in the dusk light -- a hummingbird with few tail feathers and a crest or puff of feathers on its crown, though I don't think it looks like it is actively molting feathers from its head. (Really, not sure.) I don't think anything about this bird suggests it's obviously not a Broad-tailed, but if you have another opinion or if you have any thoughts on the bird's condition, I'd love to hear it. - Jared Del Rosso, Centennial

 

 

 

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