WOW-2nd year sighting -Rufous Hummingbird in Pennsylvannia!

This is cool! Heres the link.

http://home.earthlink.net/~pomarine/id76.html

Pelle--

That is so unusual that the same bird may have returned this autumn! They must put out some mighty fine nectar in their feeder!

I still have my feeders out in hopes of attracting a late or rare migrant in the next few months. They say it is getting more common to have these visitors, and I think it's in part because more people are watching out for them (like us on DG!)

Here are a couple of links to report unusual Hummingbird sitings if any of us are the lucky ones to get a new visitor!

Hilton Pond: http://www.hiltonpond.org/ResearchHummerVagrantMain.html

Ohio-Indiana-Kentucky HBird Banding:

http://www.tolford.com/birdband/Hummingbirds.htm

HummerBird Study Group based in Alabama http://www.hummingbirdsplus.org/WinterHummingbirdBanding.html

Good birdwatching this weekend! t.

It's actually more surprising that it changed its wintering location between its first two winters; most birds, once they've set up a wintering territory one winter, will return to it each successive winter as long as they stay alive. Familiarity with a location makes it easier to find food, easier to know where best to hide from predators, and know where good roost sites are.

Resin

Oh, I thought the HB had just stopped at McDonald PA twice while migrating south (or spent the summer and fall in the PA area). I didn't see a note about its wintering location.

Could be, yes - the article isn't too clear, whether it stayed in McDonald PA all winter, or just a short time while on passage.

Resin

Let's see...a straight line from Pa to diamond head. I'll be on the lookout.