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AVID AREA BIRDERS SPOT A TINY HUMMER HYBRID.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 29-APR-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: AVID AREA BIRDERS SPOT A TINY HUMMER HYBRID.(Outdoors)(The colorful hummingbird seen on Skinner Butte has characteristics of two species)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Mike Stahlberg The Register-Guard

Several Eugene-area birders believe they have documented the existence of a never-before-proven cross between two of North America's most common species of hummingbirds, Anna's and Rufous.

The apparent hybrid was spotted on Skinner Butte in Eugene about 10 days ago by veteran birder David Irons, among others.

"It popped up on this branch and I started looking at it," said Irons, who then spent several minutes going through a mental checklist of hummingbird species and their characteristics.

This bird didn't match any of them....

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