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Broad-tailed Hummingbird

Selasphorus platycerus

Description:

Immature (nesting) some green end feathers are beginning to show

Habitat:

Found in the front yard of a friend's house. Nest was on a lower limb of a box elder tree. Also saw some flying near a feeder.

1 Species ID Suggestions

hatfieldsa
hatfieldsa 10 years ago
hummingbird nestling
Trochilidae


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3 Comments

Adarsha B S
Adarsha B S 10 years ago

Adorable :)

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Beautiful pictures Gary, I love their tiny elegant little nests.

Cammie C. Jeffries
Cammie C. Jeffries 10 years ago

Amazing!!! It looks so cranky. Lol

GarySmith2
Spotted by
GarySmith2

New Mexico, USA

Spotted on Jul 29, 2013
Submitted on Jul 29, 2013

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