My brother lives in Colorado Springs east of the Broadmoor Hotel. He called me yesterday afternoon to tell me that a hummingbird had buzzed by him and stopped to feed briefly on the vinca that were the only flowers blooming in his yard. He described the whistling sound that the bird made as it flew by and said it was green on the back. From the description, it sounds like it could only be a male Broad-tailed Hummingbird since a male Rufous Hummingbird would be obviously orange. I just checked eBird and could not find any hummingbird reports for Colorado, but Broad-tailed has been reported in New Mexico.
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