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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.

Patagonia site description: Link

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

I looked up the male vermilion flycatcher in a book. You aren't kidding there sure is a contrast. He's brilliant red. :)


1,384 posted on 09/16/2005 11:40:55 AM PDT by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, past, present and future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)
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To: rustbucket
said the only birds they had with an orange beak like that were broad-billed hummingbirds.

Okay...now I feel sheepish! Didn't realize you already knew what type of hummer that was, rustbucket.

Sorry..........It's been a loooooong week. :)

1,385 posted on 09/17/2005 8:13:34 AM PDT by MamaTexan ( I am not a *legal entity*, nor am I a ~person~ as created by law.)
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