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Calliope Hummingbird

Selasphorus calliope

Photo by Tom15
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Field Notes

Habitat:

The smallest bird in North America north of Mexico, the Calliope Hummingbird inhabits mountain areas of the northwestern United States. It is the smallest long-distance avian migrant in the world, spending its winters in Mexico.

Notes:

This little hummingbird is way out of its normal range here in the northeast US. Normally they live in the western US and Canada, and winter in western Mexico.

Reference Links:

Calliope Hummingbird, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithol…

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Comments (7)
Tom15
Thanks Saumya and Sergio.
Tom15
Thanks karjoytulina. I was able to get reasonably close and in good light.
karjoytulina
How beautiful. I've never got this kind of shot of them.

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Birds - Northeast US
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PublishedNovember 4, 2013

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