Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
"This is the common hummingbird
of eastern Texas ... The adult male ruby-throat is aptly named
for its brilliant red gorget. Metallic green above and whitish
below, it has a shallowly forked tail."
"Both females
and immatures resemble similarly plumaged black-chinned hummingbirds
and it is extremely difficult to separate the two species except
by range. The ruby-throat is much more numerous in eastern Texas,
the black-chin, in the West."
I noticed the first one of the
year the last weekend in March. They should be here through September,
maybe into Ocrtober.
Photo taken with a William Optics
80mm f/6 telescope & Nikon D70 at prime focus
September 23, 2005.