Essex, CT. For the second day in a row a Leucisitic Hummingbird has appeared at the feeder in the late afternoon ( 4-5 pm). Not an albino: the eye is dark and the beak yellowish. It is pretty large. Any advice on how to be certain this is a RTH?

Not saying it isn't another species, but the odds are good that it is not. When we lived in Virginia, we had a leucistic Ruby-throated and it gave the impression of being larger. Because the wings were also whitish, they didn't really disappear in flight, but instead seemed to magnify the size of the bird. Our bird was vigorously chased by other RTHU which allowed us to compare the size and structure and see that really it was comparable in size and therefore very likely to be a RTHU as opposed to something much rarer. Very best, George Wallace Salisbury, CT On Sun, Sep 8, 2024 at 5:27 PM Pam Reeser via CTBirds < ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > Essex, CT. For the second day in a row a Leucisitic Hummingbird has > appeared at the feeder in the late afternoon ( 4-5 pm). Not an albino: the > eye is dark and the beak yellowish. It is pretty large. Any advice on how > to be certain this is a RTH? > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via email, send an email with just "join" or > "leave" in the subject or body to: ctbirds-request@lists.ctbirding.org > > CTBirds, a service of Connecticut Ornithological Association - Bringing > birders together statewide. Please support COA: > https://www.ctbirding.org/join-us/ > > CTBirds is for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. For > list rules and subscription information visit: > https://www.ctbirding.org/birds-birding/ct-birds-email-list/ >