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Calliope Hummingbird

Selasphorus calliope

Habitat:

The smallest bird in North America north of Mexico, the Calliope Hummingbird inhabits mountain areas of the northwestern United States. It is the smallest long-distance avian migrant in the world, spending its winters in Mexico.

Notes:

This little hummingbird is way out of its normal range here in the northeast US. Normally they live in the western US and Canada, and winter in western Mexico.

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7 Comments

Tom15
Tom15 10 years ago

Thanks Saumya and Sergio.

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 10 years ago

Great!

Saumya Wanniarachchi
Saumya Wanniarachchi 10 years ago

Wow ! awesome !

Tom15
Tom15 10 years ago

Thanks Lisa.

LisaPowers
LisaPowers 10 years ago

Fabulous!

Tom15
Tom15 10 years ago

Thanks karjoytulina. I was able to get reasonably close and in good light.

karjoytulina
karjoytulina 10 years ago

How beautiful. I've never got this kind of shot of them.

Tom15
Spotted by
Tom15

Manchester, New Hampshire, USA

Spotted on Nov 4, 2013
Submitted on Nov 4, 2013

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