Kyle Posted June 21, 2020 Report Share Posted June 21, 2020 Just saw my first Sparling Tailed Woodstar hummingbird here anyone else seen one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha1 Posted June 21, 2020 Report Share Posted June 21, 2020 https://ebird.org/species/spthum1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajijicbound Posted June 21, 2020 Report Share Posted June 21, 2020 I saw one a few years ago. It migrates thru here but doesn't stay full time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Posted June 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2020 Thanks for posting the picture and giving me more information Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostlylost Posted June 21, 2020 Report Share Posted June 21, 2020 They don't stay around long. This pic i took about 6 or 7 years ago. There was a male & female at my feeder for about 2 weeks. Never able to get a shot of the female. Earlier this month I had a Magenta Throated Woodstar male at my feeder. Very shy and so many other hummers he had a hard time staying long. Only a couple of quick pics with my phone. Never got the good camera out in time. My guide says they are only in Central America. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtnMama Posted June 21, 2020 Report Share Posted June 21, 2020 We had sparkle tails in Roca Azul. Very shy, I gave them a flowering plant of their own away from the other hummers and they stayed around for several months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Posted June 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2020 I thought Mexico was a far north are their territory went so where are they migrating to? Just trying to get educated on hummingbirds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeser Posted June 22, 2020 Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 7 hours ago, Alpha1 said: https://ebird.org/species/spthum1 We get ibe every year but only for a week or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookj5 Posted June 22, 2020 Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 While I don't have any photos of the Sparling Tailed Woodstar, I have quite a few of other hummingbirds that frequent our area. They were taken at the home of the woman known as Flossie the Hummingbird Lady. Flossie has since moved back to the US and lives in a nursing home now, but she still loves hummingbirds. I told Flossie's story and showed several species from her yard in my blog, Jim and Carole's Mexico Adventure: https://cookjmex.blogspot.com/2013/01/flossie-hummingbird-lady.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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