Thanks for your report. The chocolate color is interesting, especially
since you see a youngster with similar coloration.

On Sat, Jul 28, 2018, 9:34 PM lcarrigan_55@yahoo.com [ible] < ible-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> Today has been one of only Black-chinned Hummingbirds coming into the
> nectar feeder. Both adults & juveniles. At least one of the juveniles must
> be a male & is just starting to get a few irridescent gorget feathers.
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> Another must be the offspring of the “chocolate” male Black-chinned I
> noted the other day. It’s a juvenile bird & a Black-chinned in all
> respects, except it has a chocolate-brown colored top of head &
> chocolate-rufous coloring on its back & tail, where normally green would
> show. I counted 7 distinct Black-chinneds today, 2 males, 2 females, the
> rest, juveniles.
>
> Brian Carrigan
> Blackfoot
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