Allen’s Hummingbird

Allen's Hummingbird on the ground with outstretched wings.

10 January 2010. Nehoiden St., Harwichport. Photo by Jeremiah Trimble.

Massachusetts has a surprisingly high number of accepted Allen’s Hummingbirds, which makes it doubly important that any selasphorus hummingbird be banded and measured if possible–even superb photos don’t always do the trick in separating Allen’s from the more regular Rufous. There are multiple other records scattered across the east, but the Commonwealth stands out for its volume.

6 records

MARC numberDecisionCountLocationCountyArrivalDepartureObserversNotesReport
1988-003A1Madaket Road, Edith Andrew's House (just west of Long Pond), NantucketNantucket8/26/19888/26/1988Edith Andrews, A. Bennet13
2009-057A1Gilson Rd., ScituatePlymouth10/23/200912/29/2009Sue Finnegan† (ph), Jeremiah Trimble (ph)18
2009-058A1Nehoiden St., HarwichportBarnstable10/1/20091/19/2010C. Omar*, Sue Finnegan† (ph), Jeremiah Trimble (ph)18
2010-085A1Shay's St., AmherstHampshire12/16/20105/1/2011B. Doyle*, M. Doyle*, †ph. S. Surner18
2012-110A1Airline Dr., DennisBarnstable3/24/20123/26/2012C. McGibbons (ph), S. McGibbons* (ph), Sue Finnegan† (ph), Jeremiah Trimble (ph, specimen)18
2012-111A1Caste Hill Rd., Great BarringtonBerkshire10/25/201211/19/2012A. Hill† (ph), †G. Ward*18