I just saw a hummingbird!

[kevyn]

I just now saw a hummingbird pass by, hovering briefly over the tops of the trees and bushes outside my porch!

It's the first one I've seen this year. I'm pretty sure it was a selasphorus rufus, which has one of the largest migrations of all the hummingbirds. They migrate from Guerrero, México to as far north as Southeast Alaska to breed and dine on wildflowers.

It looked kind of like this:

(Photo by Ryan Bushby, Source: Wikipedia)

Wow. I felt like I just had a visit from a fellow long-traveller!

I think I need to get a feeder.

Comments

[kevynjacobs.livejournal.com]

It's possible you could see one there in Nebraska. According to the Wikipedia article on Rufous, there is an increasing tendency of them for them to migrate East and winter in Florida.