On Monday (7/11), I had my earliest encounter with a Rufous Hummingbird in my six years living in Centennial in Arapahoe County. It was an adult male. I almost described him as a "striking" adult male, but that adjective is redundant for an adult male hummingbird and especially one of this species.
The bird was trilling about the yard, making a different sound than the Broad-tails. This got my attention, and I eventually found the bird seeming to hunt insects amid Siberian Elms and chokecherries. He briefly visited a penstemon (Penstemon rostriflorus) in my backyard. But he seemed more interested in the trees and shrubs. I tried for a photo, but he wouldn't tolerate me near him. Easier to move on to another yard, where he could hunt without someone following him around in the heat with a camera, I suppose. Incidentally, I hadn't recorded a Rufous at my house since 2018. But I also haven't maintained hummingbird feeders since about then, either. (I'm not right now, too.) Perhaps a coincidence. Or perhaps I just haven't been outside at the right time. - Jared Del Rosso Centennial, CO -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/107a56ef-c2d5-4c60-816c-2bc6141d4004n%40googlegroups.com.
