Our resident humming bird.

a year ago by philipontacos to c/birding

Humming bird at our feeder. Took the pic through my basement window. Vancouver Island, BC.

philipontacos 12 points a year ago

Another shot.

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supersquirrel 11 points a year ago

Had one fly into the open doors of my bedroom the other day in puget sound and it hovered only feet away for a couple of moments while I lay there , it was a chonker you could really hear the fluttering of its wings.

Every time you see a hummingbird feels special no matter how many times you have seen them.

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bulwark 4 points a year ago

I live in the same area, and I probably have like 6 around the yard that are territorial over the feeder. It's full-on hummingbird warfare at certain times of the day.

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Blackfeathr 3 points a year ago

I saw one this summer and I was elated. I've only seen like 3 in the last 10 years so it was really special.

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salacious_coaster 5 points a year ago

Nice birb. Ours just left for the season 🥺

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justOnePersistentKbinPlease 4 points a year ago

If I am correct, that is a female Anna's Hummingbird.

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philipontacos 3 points a year ago

Merlin agrees. How do you tell she's a she?

Edit:

Oh I looked in this book and see what you mean. 👍👍

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justOnePersistentKbinPlease 2 points a year ago

We only really see the Anna's and Rufous hummingbirds in this region.

Because of the very green back and lack of general rust-coloured areas, specifically the lack of red on the side of the torso its an Anna's. Then because it is missing the (magnificent) head colouring it is a female.

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