Date: 8/24/25 5:18 pm From: Sally M. Walters via groups.io <bajaowl...> Subject: [centralvalleybirds] Glacier Bay, Alaska, Rufous Hummer
Does anyone know anyone doing work on the migration of Rufous hummingbirds in Alaska? 12 July 2025, a Rufous hummingbird was photographed in Glacier Bay, Alaska, with a clipped tail feather [or possibly just damaged along with the other chipped retrices]. The exact location was North Sandy Cove. It was 5:15 pm.
58°43'55.08" N 135°50'23.00W sea level.
Retrex R2 was snipped or broken - an arrowhead-shaped indent. I have one good photo from a photographer to pass on and likely more. We were on a small nine-passenger ship, and she was likely attracted to the orange life saver by the door. She flew into the ship and was tricked by the window. I caught the bird in my hands, releasing it immediately unharmed.
I identified it as a juvenile female and double-checked using the following guides.
Dunn and Alderfer, "NAT GEO Field Guide to the Birds of North America," 7th ed., and Howell. 2003. "Hummingbirds of North America," Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford. Thank You.

Sally M. Walters
Sacramento
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