Tag: costa’s hummingbird

A Different Morning

Heading back to outside BIRDS HQ in Casas Adobes, AZ this past mid-August, early morning, featuring a gorgeous male Purple Shooting Star (a.k.a. Costa’s Hummingbird): Also Curve-billed Thrasher: [Editor’s note: after this photo shoot, the litter in question (the aluminum can), resulting from localized flooding in a nearby wash, was safely moved to recycling.]

Even More BIRDS

In Presque Isle news, the park was closed yesterday due to downed trees and power lines from recent/localized thunderstorms. Hopefully things are back to normal for the rest of the U.S. holiday weekend. In today’s post, more bird content from outside BIRDS HQ in Casas Adobes, Arizona, featuring male Purple Shooting Star: