The BirdingPI.com ‘summer desert hiatus’ continues apace, w/ beautiful hummingbirds “on and off the feeder” at Santa Rita Lodge in Madera Canyon:
Especially in light of the recent initiative to “de-honorificize” bird names, sticking with Magnificent Hummingbird for this magnificent & beautiful male:
As seen here, the apparent/visual colouration is very dependent on light angle; frequently, these birds can look mostly black:
Finally, a lovely female Broad-billed Hummingbird at a feeder:
Coming up soon, more hummingbirds! Also desert sandpipers (!?!), both amazing and non-amazing Summer and Western Tanager content, “wrens that aren’t Cactus or House,” exotic bluebirds, the elusive White-faced Ibis, warblers on Mt. Lemmon, yikes – the list just goes on and on! #more_bird