Date: 04/30/2010

Number: 1

This reports a vagrant sighting for people who monitor species distribution incidents and trends.

At 9:30 AM a hummer buzzed my feeder. Thinking it was the first male ruby-throat of the season, I looked up from my work. It WAS a male hummer,but a male rufous. Even though I am very familiar with this species from numerous birding trips in CA, I couldn't believe it at first. The bird returned to the feeder regularly throughout the day. I last spotted it at 7:30 PM. It has not returned since then, nor are there ruby-throats here yet.

Although it is sad that this individual fetched up on the Maine coast, I truly enjoyed watching its orange body darting through my garden.

Lamoine, ME

Latitude: 44.5 Longitude: -68.3

Observed by: Virginia
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