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This male Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte
anna) was discovered in a suburban neighborhood in Binghamton,
Broome County, New York on 18 November 1998. It remained at this
location for the following three weeks before being taken into
captivity on 11 December 1998. It was briefly captured, measured
and banded on 22 November.
Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte
anna). Photograph copyright of Angus Wilson © 2000
Another view of the bird feeding from an artifical nectar source.
Photograph copyright of Angus Wilson © 2000
View of the hummingbird on a favored perch taken on 15 November
1998. Videocapture taken through a Kowa telescope with 20 X eyepiece.
Copyright of Mike Cooper © 2000
A detailed account of this First State Record has been published
by Bob Grosek in The Kingbird [Grosek, R. J. (1998) Anna's
Hummingbird in Binghamton, New York. Kingbird 48(4): 280-288].
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