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To: GodBlessUSA; rustbucket
I bet MamaTexan could Id.

LOL! Well, I can't help with the flycatcher type bird, but I'm curious about the hummingbird in rustbucket's post # 1335. The bill isn't right for a Violet Sabrewing. Wonder if it is a Violet-bellied Hummingbird?

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1,382 posted on 09/15/2005 3:08:39 PM PDT by MamaTexan ( I am not a *legal entity*, nor am I a ~person~ as created by law.)
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To: MamaTexan; GodBlessUSA
You were both right. The mystery bird was indeed a flycatcher, in this case a female vermilion flycatcher. Quite a contrast with the male. There is a good sketch of this bird on page 331 of my Sibley Guide to Birds

Wow, that is a pretty hummingbird in your picture. However, the Nature Conservancy person at the Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve where I took the picture in Arizona said the only birds they had with an orange beak like that were broad-billed hummingbirds. There are other hummingbirds with orange beaks, but apparently not at that particular area.

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1,383 posted on 09/15/2005 7:23:02 PM PDT by rustbucket
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