Calliope Hummingbirds in RI

 

 

Two immature Calliope Hummingbirds at the same flower garden (same salvia plant) in late October 2013 in Little Compton. Both birds a first record for RI. Both appeared the same day, 21 October. The bird with the black neck, which we called Cut-throat, departed 29 October on a strong southwest wind, so likely continued east. Clear-throat was displaced 6 November by a late Ruby-throated Hummingbird that appeared 5 November. That bird departed 13 November, the day after the season’s first measurable snowfall.  Photos by Geoff Dennis.

 

Rufous/Allen’s-type hummingbird on 11 November 1996 in Little Compton. Rhode Island's second recorded R/A-type hummingbird. Slide scan. Photo by Geoff Dennis.

Rufous/Allen’s-type Hummingbird in mid-October 1995 in Little Compton. Rhode Island’s first recorded R/A-type Hummingbird. Print negative strip scan. Photo by Geoff Dennis.