Texas
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
(L 3.75" WS 4.5" WT 0.12 oz)
North migration appears
timed to the bloom of flowers.
timed to the bloom of flowers.
South Padre
Island
Island
There are roughly one thousand
feathers on a Ruby-throated Humming-
bird to more than twenty-five thousand
for a Tundra Swan.
feathers on a Ruby-throated Humming-
bird to more than twenty-five thousand
for a Tundra Swan.
(Thor Hanson)
15Apr2015
female
© BirdNote,
Bob Sundstrom
Archilochus was a 6th C.
Greek poet famous for his
wit and flouting of
convention; colubri is
Spanish for hummingbird.
Greek poet famous for his
wit and flouting of
convention; colubri is
Spanish for hummingbird.
© Audubon
Society
Society
© Wikipedia
19,21Apr2021
females