Rufous Hummingbird
I just can’t stop !!





I just can’t stop !!





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)
Here’s a few of the regular crowd from the Davis Mountains.
Here’s a few from the Davis mountains last week.
Something I just learned: male Bushtit dark eyes, female light.
And here are some additional pix from Davis Mountains in August 2023.
No pix, but I stopped in Sandia Wetlands yesterday and had Upland sandpipers, LB Curlew, BN Stilts, Killdeer, Less Yellowlegs, and Solitary sandpipers. Nice place to for a short stop if you are in the vicinity of Balmorhea, texas. Very close to I-10. Also had Upland sandpipers over the davis mountains every few minutes in…