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Ruby-throated Hummingbird (female)
Archilochus colubris
33.1523, -97.022
Field Notes
Description:
The Ruby-throated Hummingbird is a small hummingbird with a slender, slightly downcurved bill and fairly short wings that don’t reach all the way to the tail when the bird is sitting. Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are bright emerald or golden-green on the back and crown, with gray-white underparts. Males have a brilliant iridescent red throat that looks dark when it’s not in good light.
Habitat:
Feeder in a wildlife habitat garden. Right on time returning to this feeder. This makes 8 years that a ruby throat has shown up on April 1, or 2 to this feeder.
Notes:
Arrival number 2 - photos through window.
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Photographed
PublishedApril 3, 2013
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