Rufous Hummingbird
I just can’t stop !!





I just can’t stop !!





Last one (video) for now.
First from Lake Balmorhea, 2nd from Choke Canyon Reservoir. ID?
And here are some additional pix from Davis Mountains in August 2023.
Few friends from the Trans-Pecos recently.
We have at least 3 rufous hummers at our Fort Davis place. The notch in R2 (2nd tail feather (retrices) from the middle) in one of the pix is diagnostic. Full adult male just showed up!! (more pix to come)
Just back from a few days at Fort Davis. Stopped in at Sandia Wetlands (a nice stop just off I10) and Lake Balmorhea and had 9 species of shorebird. Killdeer, BN Stilt, Avocet, Wilson’s Phal, Spotted Sand, Western Sand (flyby), Upland Sand (several flyovers), Greater yellowlegs and my fav: fly right over the head 12…