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Broad-tailed Hummingbird

Selasphorus platycerus

Photo by GarySmith2
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Field Notes

Description:

Immature (nesting) some green end feathers are beginning to show

Habitat:

Found in the front yard of a friend's house. Nest was on a lower limb of a box elder tree. Also saw some flying near a feeder.

Species ID Suggestions

hummingbird nestling

Trochilidae
hatfieldsa
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Comments (3)
LaurenZarate
Beautiful pictures Gary, I love their tiny elegant little nests.

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Nests, hives, bowers, webs & other animal architecture
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PublishedJuly 29, 2013

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