On 1 January 06, Fred Bassett banded an immature male Costa's hummingbird at a home in Montgomery, AL.

Details about the bird are:
Wing - 43.3 mm
Tail - 23 mm
Culmen - 17.7 mm
Grooving - 0
Gorget - 50%
Weight - 3.2 g with 0 fat
Molt - None

Directions to see the bird can be found at http://birdingonthe.net/hotmail/CNTR.001124546.html

The following sites provide more information about Costa's hummingbirds:

As an indication of how rare this is, look at the map of its normal range which is in the extreme southwestern United States - http://www.trochilids.com/USA/2004costas.html

Link to photos of an adult Male Costa's - https://pbase.com/gtepke/costas_hummingbird

Link to an Audubon report - http://audubon2.org/webapp/watchlist/viewSpecies.jsp?id=68

Fred Bassett
1818 Astrid Place
Montgomery, AL 36117
334-244-0227
fhound@aol.com