| Common Name: | Hummingbird, Rufous | | Scientific Name: | Selasphorus rufus | | Family: | Trochilidae | | Area: | Elkton, Oregon | | Date: | March 28, 2009 | 
This little 3 1/2 inch Hummingbird winters in the Tropics before traveling to the Northwest for the breeding season. Top photo is of a male, lower photo is of female. | 
Elkton, Oregon --- March 1, 2012 | | Reference: | Birds of the Willamette Valley by Nehls, Aversa, & Opperman / National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of Western North America by Dunn & Alderfer / Hummingbirds of North America by Williamson |
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