Male Broad-billed Hummingbird — Image by kenne
The Hummingbird
The sunlight speaks. And its voice is a bird:
It glitters half-guessed half seen half-heard
Above the flower bed. Over the lawn …
A flashing dip and it is gone.
And all it lends to the eye is this —
A sunbeam giving the air a kiss.
— Harry Kemp
Broad-billed Hummingbird in Sabino Canyon (January 18, 2017) — Images by kenne
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— kenne
A Male Broad-billed Hummingbird (Sabino Canyon) — Image by kenne
This little guy is not normally found here in the winter months. When spotted near the top of a mesquite tree, he didn’t seem to be bothered by our large group of nature walkers. Even so, I was reluctant to move around nearer to him for a better angle since others were enjoying the view.
Little hummingbird
So beautiful and wing-fast,
Come dart around me.
kenne
Broad-billed Hummingbird in Sabino Canyon Recreation Area — Images by kenne
Sabino Canyon participates in the southern Arizona Hummingbird Monitoring Network. Volunteers trap, record and provide feeder assistance at monitoring stations in the Sabino Dam area. 2015 is the 14th year of the Hummingbird Monitoring Network’s multi-year investigation of the distribution, migration and diversity of hummingbirds. Information collected is used to assist in the preservation and protection of hummingbirds.
kenne
This hummingbird has already been banded.
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Juvenile Anna’s Hummingbird (?) — Image by kenne
— kenne
— Miles Davis
Broad-billed Hummingbird — Image by kenne
Broad-billed Hummingbirds — Images by kenne
These images were taken at Sabino Canyon, one of six Hummingbird Monitoring Network locations in southern Arizona. Click here to learn more about this banding program and get information on how to volunteer.
kenne
A Male Broad-billed Hummingbird In Sabino Canyon, January 4, 2012 — Image by kenne
This little guy is not normally found here in the winter months. When spotted near the top of a mesquite tree, he didn’t seem to be bothered by our large group of nature walkers. Even so, I was reluctant to move around nearer to him for a better angle since others were enjoying the view.
kenne
Becoming is Superior to Being 