Your Wisconsin Outdoor Community
Outdoor Activities => Birding, Bird Watching => Topic started by: mudbrook on May 08, 2008, 11:56:27 AM
-
Birders look to prove hybrid's existence
Several Eugene-area birders believe they have documented the existence of a never-before-proven cross between two of North America's most common species of hummingbirds, Anna's and Rufous.
Click here to find out more!
The apparent hybrid was spotted on Skinner Butte in Eugene about two weeks ago by veteran birder David Irons, among others.
"It popped up on this branch and I started looking at it," said Irons, who then spent several minutes going through a mental checklist of hummingbird species and their characteristics.
read more... http://www.theolympian.com/outdoors/story/438769.html