a western species and very rare vagrant to the eastern U.S. Hummingbird bander Allen Chartier caught and banded the bird Nov.

These hummingbirds have extremely short legs, so they cannot walk or even hop ... feed their young for about three weeks. A female may have several broods in a year. Ruby-throated hummingbirds ...

Female/immature rufous/Allen’s hummingbirds are slightly smaller and slimmer in build (noticeable in comparison) with more strongly graduated tails that have a more tapered tip. Rufous/Allen’s ...