I think it's a female Anna's hummingbird. They live at my house year round (Portland, OR Metro) and so I get close up views of them all the time.
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07-03-2011, 09:02 AM #1
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07-03-2011, 09:04 PM #2
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It does look closest to Anna's hummingbird. We were looking up at it and couldn't see the green sheen on its female back.
Amazing creatures, those hummingbirds. I didn't know that hummingbirds have the highest metabolic rate of all vertabraes! And a fast heartbeat.
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07-04-2011, 04:53 AM #3
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I think it's an Anna's too since you saw the male (flash of red) nearby. you can hear them BUZZ as they fly; no other birds do that.
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