rufous hummingbird
Americannoun
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Around these parts, it’s the ruby-throated hummingbird that holds court, though the occasional rufous hummingbird also drops in.
From Washington Post • Jul. 11, 2022
In January I wrote about an unlikely visitor to Green Spring Gardens in Fairfax County: a rufous hummingbird.
From Washington Post • Dec. 29, 2021
About a month later, Amy Dowe of the Cayuga community in Hinds County saw something she’d never seen - a rufous hummingbird.
From Washington Times • Nov. 14, 2020
Some make epic migrations between their wintering and breeding grounds: One record-setting rufous hummingbird was tracked more than 3,500 miles from Tallahassee, Florida, to near Anchorage, Alaska.
From National Geographic • Apr. 18, 2018
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