I saw this beautiful bird outside my window about a month ago. I didn’t have any binoculars, so I watched it through a child’s telescope, lol. I finally got around to looking it up in a bird identification program, and it turns out that it is not normally seen this far north (global warming, I guess). Should I report it to anybody? Or would no one believe me anyway because I am not an expert?
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I would still report it. This way they can keep an eye out for it. You should keep a camera ready and see if you see it again and get the pic. It might come back if it liked the area. But let them know they my already know but need to know what other area’s it is showing up in.
REPORT IT so what if your not an expert ive never herd of the x somting or other my uncle works with birds thats how he got is job
Yes, report it if you wish. The environment needs people like you being on the ball and seeing stuff that would get missed. It’s a good idea.
the wild life social that the government pays for studies/ also with every thing that has gone on in calf the migration of this animal may be expanding do to people cities fires drought most anything / most of the humming birds migrate to Brazil central America this time of the year
That would be a rare find if it was in fact a Xantus’s Hummingbird. Contact your local Audobon Society Chapter or your local rare bird alert hotline. If you make a report you may end up having lots of birdwatchers show up trying to confirm the birds species.
http://www.birding.com/rarebirdalert.asp
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I am not a bird watcher, but I do keep a hummingbird feeder out all year. In past years the hummers have come year round, even in winter. Not so this year. There have not been any birds to the feeder in the past 2 or 3 months. Is there a problem in the Santa Clara Valley?