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Fingertip Hummingbird (Original Post) Donkees Jun 2024 OP
Very pretty jfz9580m Jun 2024 #1
Now that you have captured him, take him to your nest to feed your babies. keithbvadu2 Jun 2024 #2
That's a very trusting hummingbird. patphil Jun 2024 #3
Looks to be an Allens female. Scruffy1 Jun 2024 #4
aww. eggscllent that you got the little flyer to perch on your finger . AllaN01Bear Jun 2024 #5

jfz9580m

(15,584 posts)
1. Very pretty
Wed Jun 26, 2024, 08:57 AM
Jun 2024

I think I have seen some type of hummingbird in my garden, but never got close enough to get a good photo. Well if it is not a hummingbird it is a bird of about that size and with similar movements.

Scruffy1

(3,420 posts)
4. Looks to be an Allens female.
Wed Jun 26, 2024, 01:39 PM
Jun 2024

They live on the the West Coast from British Columbia through California. I've never seen one. Here in El Paso I get Broad Tails, but have never been able to get a good picture because I have to keep my feeders in the shade of my Giant Yuccas or it will evaporate away. I even trimmed of some of the dead branches to get a better view at sunse, but now have another drooping branch in the way. Trimming them is dangerous as they have sharp "Saw Teeth" on their brabches.

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