Lenore Gifford has this Black-chinned visitor this week. She appears to be a female Black-chinned Hummingbird. The picture doesn’t show the best diagnostic, the tail and wings, but the bill is obviously long and curved. Even though I got no picture of them the tail extended just barely past the wings, if the bird were a Ruby-throat the tail would have extended further.
Early November Birding
It’s been a while since I posted but I got a life bird yesterday so I figured it was about time. That bird was a Ferruginous Hawk, actually 2, near the end of the divided portion of US 67 north of Newport. Unfortunately, I didn’t get any pictures of that one but I did take Sam, Angie, and Jack to see Sandhill Cranes at BKNWR today and got some pictures of those. The SACR were life birds for all of them and a year bird for me. Speaking of year birds, I got my FOY Red-breasted Nuthatch this morning as well.
Brown Booby
I finally made it back for a second look at the now nationally renownd Arkansas Brown Booby. She was very cooperative and this time was in the Sun so my pictures weren’t as washed out as the first time.
