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Hummingbirds

Order: Apodiformes

Swifts, treeswifts, hummingbirds

3 families, 450 species worldwide -- second most speciose

Family: Trochilidae - hummingbirds - 338 species in many genera

Species on page

Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)

Chestnut breasted coronet hummingbird (Boissonneaua flavescens)

Green-backed firecrown (Sephanoides sephaniodes)

Misc

Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)

Rufous

Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)
Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
Rinconada Community Garden
Palo Alto 2021
August 11, 2021
Canon R5

Rufous

Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)
Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
Arboretum, Seattle
August 9, 2023
Canon R5

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)

Darth hummer

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
Stanford Dish
March 19, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2

Flasher

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
Emily Renzel Wetlands
April 3, 2021
Canon R5

When the quad is humming

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
Stanford Quad
May 28, 2015

It is cool that you can see through the tail.

Hummer on lantana

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna )
Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
Stanford Quad
May 13, 2015

Hummer on lantana

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
Stanford Quad
May 13, 2015

Hummer on lantana

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna )
Stanford Quad
May 13, 2015

Hummer on Mexican bush sage

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
Salvia leucantha
Stanford Quad
May 13, 2015

Hummer on lantana

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
Lantana
Stanford Quad
May 10, 2015

Hummer on lantana

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
Stanford Quad
May 10, 2015

Hummer on lantana

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna )
Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
Stanford Quad
May 10, 2015

Camouflage

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
Stanford Quad
May 16, 2015
Check out the tail

Anna lantana

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
Stanford Quad
May 16, 2015

Nicotiated transaction

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
My yard
Arcadia Place
May 19, 2019
Canon 7Dmark2

When hummingbirds use tobacco

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
My yard
Arcadia Place
May 19, 2019
Canon 7Dmark2

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
Eleanor Pardee Park
March 29, 2021

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
Eleanor Pardee Park
March 29, 2021

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
Geng Road
Palo Alto
December 14, 2020
Canon 7D markII

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
My yard
Arcadia Place
May 19, 2019
Canon 7Dmark2

Midair moment

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
My yard
Arcadia Place
May 19, 2019
Canon 7Dmark2

Structural color

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
My yard
Arcadia Place
May 19, 2019
Canon 7Dmark2

Nest

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
My yard
May 25, 2019
Canon 7Dmark2

Nested

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
My yard
May 25, 2019
Canon 7Dmark2

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
My yard
May 25, 2019
Olympus Tough TG-5

Egging her on

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
My yard
May 25, 2019
Olympus Tough TG-5

And then there were two

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
My yard
May 25, 2019
Pixel2

Nested

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
San Leandro
February 17, 2018
Canon 7DmarkII

Nested

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
San Leandro
February 17, 2018
Canon 7DmarkII

How hummingbirds use post-it notes

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
San Leandro
February 17, 2018
Canon 7DmarkII

Anna nested

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
Glen Park
San Francisco Crosstown Trail
With Bob Siegel
June 12, 2023
Canon 7Dmark2

Anna perched

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Stanford Dish
March 13, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2

Hmmmmmmm

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Palo Alto Baylands
November 18, 2017
Canon 7DmarkII

hummer

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
taken in my yard
Canon PowerShot Pro90 IS

dinger

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
taken at Stanford
Canon PowerShot Pro90 IS
December 22, 2003

Duchess of Rivoli

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
Emily Renzel Wetlands
February 16, 2023
Canon R5

Official bird of Vancouver

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
Emily Renzel Wetlands
February 16, 2023
Canon R5

In honor of Anna Masséna

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
Emily Renzel Wetlands
February 16, 2023
Canon R5

Nictitating

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
Emily Renzel Wetlands
February 16, 2023
Canon R5

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
Emily Renzel Wetlands
February 16, 2023
Canon R5

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
Emily Renzel Wetlands
February 16, 2023
Canon R5

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
Emily Renzel Wetlands
March 27, 2023
Canon R5

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
Emily Renzel Wetlands
February 7, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
Emily Renzel Wetlands
February 4, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

Anna in sheoak

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
Beach sheoak (Casuarina equisetifolia)
Family: Casuarinaceae (sheoak family)
Adobe Creek Trail
February 25, 2021
Canon 7D markII

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
Adobe Creek Trail
February 25, 2021
Canon 7D markII

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
Adobe Creek Trail
February 27, 2021
Canon 7D markII

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Family: Trochilidae (hummingbird family)
Silk floss tree (Ceiba speciosa)
Family: Malvaceae (mallow family)
Arizona Cactus Garden, Stanford
With Photographing Nature class
October 12, 2019
Canon 7Dmark2

Hummer

Hummingbirds
Alan's birthday party
Kensington
October 21, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

Hummer

Hummingbirds
Alan's birthday party
Kensington
October 21, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

Chestnut breasted coronet hummingbird (Boissonneaua flavescens)

Hummer

Chestnut breasted coronet hummingbird (Boissonneaua flavescens)
Mossone
Huacachina, Peru
July 21, 2017
Canon rebel T5i

Green-backed firecrown (Sephanoides sephaniodes)

Hummer

Green-backed firecrown (Sephanoides sephaniodes)
Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
Los Vilos, Chile
July 4, 2019
Canon 7Dmark2

Misc

Hummer

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La Sleva, Costa Rica
October 18, 2010
Canon rebel T5i

Butterfly World, Florida

Butterfly World, Florida

The hummingbird

Nazca flyover
Nazca, Peru
July 19, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2

Bird sculpture

Hummingbird
Sculpture
East Embarcadero
Palo Alto
May 19, 2019
Canon 7Dmark2

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Last modified: March 31, 2023
Created: March 9, 2010
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