Broad-billed Hummingbird takes flight

Broad-billed Hummingbird launches into flight in this very brief close up video.

This male hummingbird shows his brilliant blue and green feathers and a bright red bill as he takes off from his perch in the brush of southern Arizona. This video was taken near Sierra Vista in southeastern Arizona in 2012.

Here’s a delightful sight: a hummingbird with beautiful blue-green feathers in the United States. A male Broad-billed Hummingbird has rich blue-green feathers. His colors make him look like a tropical hummingbird, with the red bill and contrasting the blue-green on his body. The colors on the female are not at bright, but she has the […]

This Allen’s Hummingbird was guarding a patch of Salvia flowers. In the Flowers … Allen’s Hummingbirds were busy in two large flower beds of Salvia and Bird of Paradise. There were at least two adult males in the area and an adult female. But we had no idea what their actual numbers were – there […]