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Anna's Hummingbird

Calypte anna

Description:

Male Anna's hummingbird in our Berkeley backyard.

Habitat:

West Coast, British Columbia to Baja and Southern Arizona.

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4 Comments

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

The first picture says, he knows you are there. Cute!

KarenSaxton
KarenSaxton 12 years ago

It looks VERY purple on all my computers! But I'll take your word for it

MelanieHofmann
MelanieHofmann 12 years ago

Costa's have a more purple gorget. Maybe your monitor shows more of that color than the magenta on mine? They are very similar.

KarenSaxton
KarenSaxton 12 years ago

That almost looks more like a Costa's than an Anna's

MelanieHofmann
Spotted by
MelanieHofmann

Berkeley, California, USA

Spotted on Feb 25, 2011
Submitted on Aug 13, 2011

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