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	calliope hummingbird (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		although the calliope is the smallest of u.s.
		like rufous, allen's, and broad-tailed, the calliope shows rufous in the tail and on the flanks; however, the rufous on the sides of calliope is sometimes so faint that that sometimes calliopes can seem basically green and white, and can superficially resemble ruby-throated and fl-chinned hummers.
		and unlike the broad, oval-tipped central rectrices of female rufous and allen's, and female and young male broad-taileds, the central rects of calliope are distinctly "peanut-shaped"; that is, they narrow in the middle, then widen again at the distal end of the rectrice before ending in a wedge-shaped tip.
	home.earthlink.net /~zoiseaux/cahu.html (553 words)

	Calliope Hummingbird (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This adult male Calliope first appeared on October 10, 2001 at the home of Betsy Ristroph in Augusta, GA. It was sporting the band that it received as a immature male in her yard this past winter.
		Calliope's have probably returned to Georgia in the past, but due to banding efforts, this is the first one to be documented in Georgia.
		This is an immature male Calliope Hummingbird photographed on December 18, 2000 in Alpharetta, Georgia.
	www.gahummer.org /calliope1.htm (132 words)

	Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
		In addition to being the smallest breeding bird in North America, the calliope hummingbird is also the smallest long-distant migrant bird in the world.
		Calliope hummingbirds migrate individually from their breeding grounds southward through mountainous areas to their wintering grounds in Mexico.
		The calliope hummingbird feeds on the nectar of flowers, as well as on insects, spiders, and tree sap.
	dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov /rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=stelcall (295 words)

	Vagrant Hummingbirds in NYC Metro area
		Hummingbird ID is often difficult, and none more so than in vagrant hummingbirds because they are more often than not immatures, and more often than not the exceptionally difficult Rufous/Allen's split.
		There was a female Calliope found in NJ (Atlantic County) at the beginning of November 2002, and another Calliope found near Philadelphia in late November 2002 (the first for PA).
		I still remain somewhat ambivalent as to the ID of this particular hummingbird, especially on the grounds of plumage, but I went out of my way from winter 2002 to fall 2003 to observe the tail "flickering" effect in Ruby-throated and feel comfortable asserting that the Lenoir bird was in the range for Ruby-throated.
	members.tripod.com /~phaedrus64/Hummingbirds.html (3064 words)

	Calliope Hummingbird Banded at Clemson SC, 13 Jan 2004 (Archilochus calliope) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		By this time, however, the hummingbird was practically sitting on our elbow as we tried to rig the string, so we decided to just hold the trapdoor open 'twixt thumb and forefinger and--sure enough--after another couple of minutes the hummingbird flew into the trap to feed.
		Calliopes breed in the mountains of western North America and winter in central Mexico, so the Clemson bird is likely to be heading back in that direction sometime in the next month or two.
		In this case, however, the Calliope Hummingbird was very much alive, and it was just a small sample of her plumage that would become part of Clemson's permanent collection of vertebrate artifacts.
	www.hiltonpond.org /CalliopeBanding040113Main.html (1140 words)

	Audubon WatchList - Calliope Hummingbird
		Calliopes have a short, square tail that has very little rufous, as distinguished from Broad-tailed and Rufous Hummingbirds, and a thinner and shorter bill than Rufous or Allen's.
		Calliope breeds in the mountains of western North America from British Columbia and Alberta south through Nevada and California, and east to Montana and Wyoming.
		Calliopes consume floral nectar from flowers of many different colors, as well as small insects that may be captured in flight.
	audubon2.org /webapp/watchlist/viewSpecies.jsp?id=58 (1006 words)

	Kern County Hummingbird Identification Guide
		The Portuguese name for "hummingbird" literally translated means "flower-kisser." Hummingbirds beat their wings at a rate of 80 per second.
		There are 112 species of hummingbirds in all of North America, with 26 species observed north of Mexico, 17 of these have bred in the United States and Canada, 12 of have been observed in California.
		Calliopes usually arrive on territory the last third of April and early May. Calliopes rarely show up at feeders on the Valley floor.
	natureali.org /hummer_id.htm (1440 words)

	Animal Life in the Yosemite (Birds)
		The Calliope Hummingbird is the smallest species of bird known to occur in California.
		The appearance of Calliope Hummingbirds in numbers in the vicinity of Chinquapin in 1915 was coincident with the abundant blossoming there of a wild currant (Ribes viscosissimum).
		In the Calliope Hummingbird the individual feathers of the gorget are long and lancet-like (pl. 46a), and their lavender iridescence is set forth in fine contrast by a white background.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/grinnell/birds83.htm (1344 words)

	KRV Hummingbird Finding Guide
		1:20 ratio) of Allen's Hummingbirds in with the abundant Rufous Hummingbirds.
		Costa's Hummingbird and Calliope Hummingbird are present on occasion in spring or July and August; usually one individual at a time.
		During the height of migration this species is the most numerous hummingbird at all feeders, low elevation and high, throughout the region.
	kern.audubon.org /hummer_finding.htm (1069 words)

	Calliope Hummingbird
		Habitat and range: The calliope hummingbird is found in the mountain meadows of northwestern America and southern coastal British Columbia.
		The tiniest hummingbird is the bee hummingbird of Cuba at 2 inches (5 cm) long -- which is an endangered species -- while the largest is the giant hummingbird of the Andes Mountains of South America at 8.25 inches (21 cm) long.
		The word "calliope" comes from the Greek kalliope, meaning "beautiful voice." A calliope is a keyboard musical instrument, often played in circus parades and on riverboats, producing sound by sending steam through whistles.
	fohn.net /hummingbird-pictures/calliope-hummingbird.html (333 words)

	Calliope Hummingbird (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		On January 28, 2003, when the weather had warmed and the snow was long-gone, I was startled to spot a very small hummingbird at the feeder.
		This was confirmed on January 31, when master bander Susan Campbell, a member of Bob Sargent's Hummingbird Study Group, came down to identify and band the bird.
		She immediately confirmed the Calliope ID from the call notes it seemed to make constantly.
	www.math.sc.edu /~griggs/calliope.html (435 words)

	Calliope Hummingbird - Whatbird.com
		Calliope Hummingbird: Very small hummingbird with metallic green upperparts and flanks, and white underparts.
		Calliope Hummingbird: Breeds in mountains from central interior British Columbia and southwestern Alberta, south through Washington, Oregon, Nevada, and California to northern Baja California, and east to northern Wyoming, western Colorado, and Utah.
		● Breeding and nesting: Calliope Hummingbird: Two white eggs are laid in a small lichen-and-moss nest covered with cobwebs, and built on a limb of a bush or well-protected small tree.
	identify.whatbird.com /obj/222/_/Calliope_Hummingbird.aspx (681 words)

	Species Spotlight: Calliope Hummingbird (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Weighing in at about 2.5 grams and with a length of approximately seven centimeters, the Calliope Hummingbird (Stellula calliope) is the smallest bird in North America.
		Whereas all other hummingbirds in North America have a solid colored chest, the male Calliope is easily distinguished by its purple-red feathers that streak the throat, giving a "whiskered" effect when erected.
		To attract Calliope Hummingbirds to your area in the spring, set out commercially produced or homemade hummingbird feeders and fill with a solution of one part water to one part sugar.
	www.moscowfood.coop /garden/calliope.html (403 words)

	A Calliope Hummingbird Stellula calliope in Ross County Ohio; October 2002
		Last Wednesday, October 30, a resident of Chillicothe, Ohio, reported a hummingbird visiting her flowerbeds and hummingbird feeder, and thinking it might be something unusual, alerted a few local birders.
		These subadult/female hummingbirds - particularly in the genus Selasphorus, such as Rufous is in - are very tricky to ID, and way out-of-range birds have to be looked at quite critically and often catching them for measurement purposes seems to be the only way to satisfactorily and positively identify them.
		By capturing the bird, it was determined that it was a hatch-year male Calliope Hummingbird - critical measurements eliminate everything else - and that it's body fat was very low, a 1 on a scale of 0 to 3.
	www.aves.net /rarities/calliope.html (664 words)

	Hummer Notes
		Nancy is also a licensed hummingbird bander and a recognized authority on hummingbird distribution, behavior, and taxonomy.
		A hummingbird "Big Day" in Arizona might tally fifteen species, if it were done in the summer and if most of the species on the state list could be found in a single day.
		Bedford Brown, a forecaster with the National Weather Service and host of the area's only reliable Calliope Hummingbird, warned that an incoming cold front raised the chance of dangerous thunderstorms to 100% and that 3-5 inches of precipitation was a genuine possibility.
	www.hummingbirds.net /humnotes1199.html (2293 words)

	Journey North Hummingbird Spring 2003
		It's hardly the first time a Calliope Hummingbird has ever been seen in Kansas --the Kansas Ornithological Society keeps records of all birds found in the state, and their official list includes 7 accepted records of this species, but Calliope Hummingbirds are normally found several hundred miles west of Kansas.
		In this one, a hummingbird is eating an aphid that had been eating the leaves on a rose plant.
		When people set out hummingbird feeders, the hummingbird is getting its energy from sugar, which came from sugar beet plants or sugar cane plants that got their energy from the sun.
	www.learner.org /jnorth/spring2003/species/humm/Update040803.html (1320 words)

	Calliope Hummingbird Detailed Information - Montana Animal Field Guide
		The Calliope Hummingbird is the smallest North American breeding bird.
		The adult male is the only North American hummingbird whose iridescent gorget is divided into separate magenta-red rays, which can be elevated in elegant star-burst display against the white background of the throat.
		It differs from Rufous and Allen's hummingbirds in having a shorter bill and noticeably shorter tail, very little rufous in tail, often not visible in field; and a wash of pale buff across the breast rather than concentration of such color on sides and flanks.
	fwp.mt.gov /fieldguide/detail_ABNUC48010.aspx (338 words)

	Archived conservation news articles on Calliope Hummingbird
		Their guest was a Calliope hummingbird, the first recorded in Blount County and the fourth in Tennessee.
		At the other end of the spectrum, only one of the following birds was reported in the state: the Calliope hummingbird, the short-eared owl and the Caspian tern...
		Calliope Hummingbird - Adult male has long metallic magenta feathers that extend across its gorget with a gold-green back, and brownish gray tail feathers.
	conservation.mongabay.com /files/Calliope_Hummingbird.htm (224 words)

	29¢ Calliope (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Scarcely three inches long, the Calliope Hummingbird is the smallest bird in North America.
		In the summer, the Calliope Hummingbird may be seen feeding at timberline in the Rockies and Sierra Nevada, daintily sipping, hovering and zipping from plant to plant.
		As with the Rufous Hummingbird, the Calliope's migration route is egg-shaped.
	www.unicover.com /EA1CAKPS.HTM (442 words)

	Hummingbird Migration
		In the fall Rufous Hummingbirds are gone from Alaska by the end of August.
		White-eared Hummingbird -- Rare summer resident in riparian woodlands and pine-oak woodlands in southeastern Arizona.
		Calliope Hummingbird -- Rare in April migration; returns in July and can be seen until early September.
	www.hummingbirdworld.com /h/migrate.htm (1794 words)

	nature, bird, calliope hummingbird, Archilochus calliope (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The resident Rufous Hummingbird was visiting the feeder--which David had outfitted with a heat lamp to offset the effects of snow and hard freezes (see bottom photo)--and spending a lot of time sitting and preening in the Red Camellia shrub where Lillian had first seen her in early December.
		As we approached the trap it was apparent that this was a smallish hummer with a short tail--two characteristics that suggest Calliope Hummingbird, Stellula calliope.
		Although Hummer #2 was certainly a Calliope, it was difficult to confirm its age and sex.
	www.hiltonpond.org /CalliopeBanding020105Main.html (707 words)

	Friends of Saguaro National Park - About Saguaro National Park: Calliope Hummingbird (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The smallest North American hummingbird, females are best separated by their short tail and small size.
		The rufous wash on the flanks should safely separate females and immatures from all species except the three Selasphorus hummingbirds, which all typically have more rufous in the tail.
		Calliope is the only species where the tail does not extend past the wings when at rest.
	www.friendsofsaguaro.org /hummingbird-calliope.html (185 words)

	Calliope Hummingbird in Orange Co., NC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Calliope Hummingbird in Orange Co., NC Calliope Hummingbird (Stellula calliope) in Orange Co., NC North Carolina's first adult male Calliope Hummingbird was irresistably attracted to the Pineapple Sage (Salvia elegans) in Ginger Travis's yard northwest of Chapel Hill.
		There was speculation that this might be the same bird as the bird Ginger had last year - an immature hummer that, when banded, was at first thought to be a Calliope.
		Unfortunately, the hummer was not seen after 23 January 2003 - he most likely succumbed because of the extended cold snap (low of 11 F the morning of 24 Jan).
	www.carolinanature.com /birds/calliope.html (243 words)

	Calliope Hummingbird - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Calliope Hummingbird, Stellula calliope, is a very small hummingbird and the smallest bird found in Canada and the United States.
		They are migratory, generally leaving their breeding grounds earlier than most birds (although not as early as the Rufous Hummingbird) to take advantage of the late-summer wildflowers in the mountains of western North America.
		These birds feed on nectar from flowers using a long extendable tongue or catch insects on the wing.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Calliope_Hummingbird (232 words)

	NC Hummers: Calliope hummingbird \| NC Museum of Natural Sciences
		Bob and Martha Sargent, experienced hummingbird banders, saw another calliope in Buxton in 1997.
		The first adult male calliope hummingbird in the state was banded in Hillsborough.
		The calliope is the smallest North American hummingbird.
	www.naturalsciences.org /nchummers/calliope.html (162 words)

	Calliope Hummingbird Music Box
		Floral splendor as well as the delicate beauty of hummingbirds are wondrous talents for which artist Lena Liu is widely admired.
		This talent is evident in "Calliope Hummingbird," the fifth issue in the Liu's Jeweled Hummingbird Heirloom Porcelain Music Box Collection.
		Liu's romantic scene of a petite hummingbird amidst blossoms adorns the curved front of the box.
	www.collectiblestoday.com /ss/0707389005.html (193 words)

	BBL - Hummingbird Bibliography
		Calder, William A.; Calder, Lorene L. Size and abundance: breeding population density of the Calliope hummingbird.
		Fritsch, Elisabeth and Karl-L. Schuchmann THE MUSCULUS SPLENIUS CAPITIS OF HUMMINGBIRDS TROCHILIDAE.
		Stiles, F. Gary Behavioral, ecological and morphological correlates of foraging for arthropods by the hummingbirds of a tropical wet forest.
	www.pwrc.usgs.gov /BBL/resources/bibl/humbib.htm (9106 words)

	Audubon Society of Forsyth County
		Charles and Ann Williams of Winston-Salem are the lucky hosts of a rare winter hummingbird.
		Banded on December 23rd by Susan Campbell, this little hummer was identified as a hatch year male Calliope Hummingbird.
		The Calliope Hummingbird is the smallest hummingbird in North America.
	www.forsythaudubon.org /html/WhatsNew_Calliope.html (241 words)

	All About Birds
		The smallest bird in North America, the Calliope Hummingbird inhabits mountain areas of the northwestern United States.
		It is the smallest long-distance avian migrant in the world, spending its winters in Mexico.
		The Calliope Hummingbird is the smallest bird in North America.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Calliope_Hummingbird.html (116 words)

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