Black chinned Hummingbird
by Ron Roberts
Title
Black chinned Hummingbird
Artist
Ron Roberts
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Photograph - Photography
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The Black-chinned Hummingbird is the western counterpart of the Ruby-throated Hummingbird.
These two types of hummingbirds are similar in appearance except instead of a ruby-throat the males have a black chin and their throat is a beautiful violet.
Their tail is notched and their bill is slightly down curved. The top of their head, back and sides are greenish.
The females also have greenish backs and heads with white chins and under parts. They may have fine specks on their throat.
Other than her down curved bill she looks very much like a female Ruby-throat. Her wings are a little bit longer.
They reside from western Montana and Texas to California, including New Mexico and Arizona.
The female builds her nest by herself in trees or large shrubs often in the fork of small limbs. The nest is only about 1 �� in diameter. She lays 2 eggs that hatch in about 16 days.
When the babies have feathers the mother will often build another nest within sight of the first nest to raise a second set of babies. What a hard worker, she does it all by herself. But, it is great for keeping the species going.
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December 29th, 2014
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