Rufous Hummingbird-present through January

On January 23 Lila Fried reported the Rufous Hummingbird near the planetarium entrace of the American Museum of Natural History.  Peter Capainolo, scientific assistant in Ornithology at the musuem saw the Rufous Hummingbird January 30 and Lydia Thomas, a volunteer in the Great Gull Island office reported the bird on Janury 31.  The temperature today (Feb 1, 2012) is 61 degrees (1:52 pm)