What started off as a very slow hummingbird season -- probably due to last year's fires and flooding, has turned out quite nice. Once again there are large numbers of hummers in Miller Canyon and Ash Canyon. Ramsey doesn't have quite the same numbers, but yesterday I saw 7 species within about 30 minutes including the Violet Crowned. In the last two weeks (in Ash Canyon, Miller Canyon, and Ramsey Canyon) I have found eleven different hummingbird species:
Anna's
Black Chinned
Blue Throat
Broad Billed
Broad Tailed
Lucifer
Magnificent
Plain Capped Starthroat
Rufous
White Eared
Violet Crowned
I may have seen a female Costa's don't know for sure. Calliope has been reported at Ash Canyon but I have not seen it. Lots of Broad Tailed Hummingbirds at Ash Canyon, but for some reason I didn't end up with any photos. Plain Capped Starthroat photos weren't up to standard. He showed up at the farthest feeder for 2-5 seconds every hour or so. Just couldn't get the photo I wanted.
Still no reports this year of Berylline. I'll head down to Madera Canyon sometime this week and check it out. Berylline was an "infrequent" visitor there last year.
Here are a few of my photos from the last two weeks in the Huachuca Mountains:
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| Anna's Hummingbird |
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| Black Chinned Female |
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| Blue Throated Hummingbird |
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| Broad Billed Hummingbird Female |
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| Lucifer Hummingbird Male |
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| Magnificent Hummingbird Male |
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| Rufous Hummingbird Female |
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| Violet Crowned Hummingbird |
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| White Eared Hummingbird Male |
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