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You’ll know it’s a male rufous hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) if you see its back completely covered with coppery orange feathers. Males are reddish brown on the back, base of crown and most ...
though the occasional rufous hummingbird also drops in. The photos let you scrutinize these sublime creatures: the rainbow of colors, the tiny crosshatched feathers, the needlelike beak.
For photos, videos and more ... Campbell said. Like the Rufous hummingbird, there are a few sightings of two hummingbird ...
A Rufous hummingbird, an Orange-crowned Warbler and two types of owls were among the species spotted in the Tri-Cities last week in the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count. A total of 86 observers ...
The Rufous Hummingbird is magical. The male’s iridescent throat glows brighter than a shiny copper penny and like most hummingbirds, whizzes through the air curiously hovering right in front of ...
In a few seconds, the broad-tailed hummingbird gave up and raced away. In his place, the victor, a male rufous hummingbird, now dined from the clear red feeder. Rufous hummingbirds are delightful ...
A bright flash of neon orange at one of our feeders a couple weeks ago alerted me to the presence of one of my very favorite feathered creatures: a male rufous hummingbird, stopping here along its ...
A ruby-throated hummingbird a more common sight in the Poconos than the rufous hummingbird. "The male sports a bright metallic-red gorge, or throat patch; on the female this area is grayish white ...
North Carolina’s most common hummingbird — the Ruby-throated hummingbird — is slated to make an appearance this month, but if you spotted a hummingbird in the last few months, it may have ...