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Current mood:  nerdy
It was an odd day for birding.
For starters, we didn't go looking til early afternoon, and it was less than ideal weather - cold and windy (wind chill ~15 degrees). So not exactly the makings of a most unusual addition to ye olde LifeList of spe4cies that we've seen. How unusual?
Unusual in that, acting on info posted online, we went to someone's back yard. They were kindly welcoming of nerdy strangers on their deck - they even had a guestbook to sign. Odd in that the bird in question happily got within five feet of us. And that its internal GPS is clearly f'dup, because this species is normally found at elevations of around 10,000 feet, and very rarely west of the Rockies. The individual we saw is only the second confirmed sighting in Connecticut, ever.
And there it was, hovering right in front of us at a Simsbury feeder, the smallest bird species in North America: Female Calliope Hummingbird, pretty much actual size During breeding season, the guys are noticably prettier
11:38 AM
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