Just since yesterday’s entries, the ordering of bird groups (families, etc.) looks wacko!!
I had to go looking for raptors of all things……
Does anyone know if this is temporary whilst they juggle for a few days, or is this now the order of things avian?

Very strange!

Thanks in advance for any insight,
Larry

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A few photos to peek at =)
Larry

From: texbirds-bounce@freelists.org [mailto:texbirds-bounce@freelists.org] On Behalf Of Justin Bosler
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2018 9:49 AM
To: 4 Texbirds Maillist
Subject: [texbirds] Hybrid Lucifer x Black-chinned Hummingbird, Davis Mountains Preserve

Texbirds,

One of the many highlights from the Open Weekend (10-12 August) at the Davis Mountains Preserve, in Jeff Davis County, was the hummingbird spectacle at the McIvor Visitor Center feeders. Among the 6-7 species of hummingbirds present in the hour that Devin Bosler and I spent ogling the feeding frenzy, we located this apparent adult male Lucifer x Black-chinned Hummingbird:

https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47794659

Michael Gray has incredible photos of a similar looking bird from Kelly Bryan’s place the day before! He may post them on one of the Facebook birding pages.

For those of you who were lucky enough to see this spectacular bird and use eBird, I have requested that eBird Central add this hybrid option to the official species checklist ahead of the annual Taxonomic update occurring tomorrow. I/ we may be too late to get that added this year, but hopefully it’ll be available in the near future.

Good birding!

Justin Bosler

Austin, TX