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Rufous Hummingbird

Selasphorus rufus

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Field Notes

Description:

Group of 4 Humming Birds at feeder last spring.

Habitat:

Alpine forest. 8500 Ft 1 Mile NE of Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Florissant, Colorado.

Notes:

Dang near lost an eye when the infa-red auto focus light came on the males jumped me!!!

Species ID Suggestions

Rufous Hummingbird

Selasphorus rufus

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Comments (1)
cormoros75
I'm probably wrong but I think these are Rufous Hummingbirds
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PublishedJanuary 26, 2012

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