It's apparently a female Black-chinned Hummingbird.
Here her dark roots are showing.
This last shot is included just for size comparison with a normal female Black-chinned.
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8 comments:
NICE!
Thanks for sharing something I have never seen, yet again - nice!
That is the most incredible albino bird I have ever seen. What an amazing bird! Lucky you for having it at your feeder.
Hope you are well and the birds continue to be interesting.
Priscilla Murr
Thank you all for your kind comments. I have been corrected (on Texbirds). It's not a complete albino. I guess you'd have to call it leucistic. A complete albino would have red eyes.
What an exciting and incredible find! Thanks for sharing these amazing shots! Joanne Kamo
Wonderful photos of a beautiful bird. Thanks for sharing.
Amazing, both the bird and your photographs. Esp. fascinating because I thought I'd read that the color in hummingbird feathers was refracted light from oil, not a pigment per se--or maybe that was the iridescence. Anyway--thank you for this post.
Great picture. Thanks for posting it. Sandy
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