Returning to the desert southwest with part 2/2 of bird photographs from Tucson Audubon’s Paton Center for Hummingbirds in Patagonia, AZ. (Wooded location along seasonal/periodic Sonoita Creek = more riparian than ‘desert.’) Why not start with a medley of beautiful (if shady) Yellow-billed Cuckoo x male Broad-billed Hummingbird?
(Paton Center’s a fairly reliable location for Yellow-billed Cuckoo, FYI.)
Great to have a relatively close encounter with Yellow-breasted Chat, here in a medley w/ misc. hummingbird:
Slightly better shot of Black-chinned Hummingbird (m); note the purple iridescence on the lower throat:
Here’s a nice selection of Curve-Billed Thrasher x Broad-billed Hummingbird (f):
Finally, befittingly, more hummingbird:
Nice sighting of a migrating female/immature Rufous Hummingbird:
