Green breasted hummer

[Botnst]

Just going by the name, I'm guessing Ted has had at least one living with him.

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Rare hummingbird spotted in Wisconsin
Fri Sep 21, 8:35 PM ET
BELOIT, Wis. - Birdwatchers are descending on a rural area near this southern Wisconsin community following the sighting of what is believed to be a green-breasted mango, a type of hummingbird commonly seen in parts of Mexico and Central America.

"It's really just an astonishing occurrence," Chuck Hagner, editor of Birder's World magazine published in Brookfield, said of the bird being spotted this far north.

"It would be rare if this bird showed up on the Mexican border in Arizona," added birdwatcher Barbara Williams of nearby Rockford, Ill.

Bob Domagalski, a record keeper with the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology, noted a splash of cinnamon color on the bird's throat Thursday and then caught a glimpse of a blue-green stripe running down its tiny breast as he sought to confirm the type of hummingbird it was.

"Once I saw that, I thought, 'That's it,'" he said.

Domagalski is to serve on the committee certifying the bird's appearance after pictures and reports have been compiled and analyzed.

Mark Korducki of Wauwatosa, who maintains a Wisconsin bird hot line, said hummingbirds are difficult to follow because they're too small to have radio devices implanted.

More birdwatchers are expected to arrive in the area during the weekend.

"It's probably the only chance that birders in North America outside of Texas will be able to see this bird," Domagalski said. "Birders from all over North America will be coming in to see it."

Joan Salzberg noticed the bird about a month ago at a feeder in her yard and in a nearby basswood tree.

"It's so exciting," she said. "Little did I know the treasure that I had."

There's hope that the bird will at least try to return home before it gets too cold for it to survive in Wisconsin.

The state hosted two green-violet ear hummingbirds during the last few years, and their natural range is also Mexico and Central America, Korducki said.

"The first one stayed too long and died," he said. "The second one left on its own. This far out of his range, he (the green-breasted mango) may be too disoriented, but I hope he leaves."

[Jim B.]

Originally Posted by Botnst

Just going by the name, I'm guessing Ted has had at least one living with him.

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No, that was a double-breasted bed thrasher.

[t walgamuth]

I hear he took a wrong turn at Guadalupe.

Tom W

[Mistress]

Note to self: trying to restrain myself...

[Medmech]

Flameproof suit on:

I thought I saw one of those in Michigan and my bird watching wife confirmed it when I showed her a picture, since then ( 3 hours ago) the birdys have been at my feeder a half dozen times.

[Dee8go]

I've been searching for the big-breasted hummer for years . . . That and the warbling tit-mouth.

[LUVMBDiesels]

Originally Posted by Dee8go

I've been searching for the big-breasted hummer for years . . . That and the warbling tit-mouth.

I don't know about the warbling tit-mouth... Aren't they a pretty common site at pediatricians?

I would LOVE to see a big-breasted hummer for myself though, I only have the ruby throated hummers at my feeder

[The Swede]

Originally Posted by Botnst

Just going by the name, I'm guessing Ted has had at least one living with him.

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Close. I do have a Northern Screamer (Chauna chavaria)

[t walgamuth]

Really any kind of hummer works for me.

Tom W

[POS]

Originally Posted by Jim B.

No, that was a double-breasted bed thrasher.

I've been trying to find a brown-chested mattress thumper.

[PaulC]

Alas, only the Slim-Breasted Credit-Card Whacker has been frequenting my feeder.

[Botnst]

^^^ Must be migratory 'cause it feeds here, too.

[MS Fowler]

Pictures....this thread needs pictures!!!1

[rickg]

This thread falls under the "as predicted" catagory

[Mistress]

Originally Posted by The Swede

Close. I do have a Northern Screamer (Chauna chavaria)

isn't that the Mrs.?