RHH's photos with the keyword: archilochus

The first day of our hiking trip trip in the Colorado Rockies was spent exploring several areas, first around Maroon Lake and then up the Castle Creek Road. At the second location we found fields of wildflowers including these Scarlet Gilia and Richarson's Geraniums. I had seen them before in Washington but never in such abundance. The flowers were being visited by these Ruby-throated Hummingbirds and we were able to get some photos of the birds as well. We are planning on hiking and backpacking in the Castle Creek area again this coming summer, two of my brothers and two grandsons, one of mine and one of a brother. Our plan is to hike in establish a base camp and then spend the rest of the time day hiking from the camp. My wife will be traveling to see her family at that time, though we have plans to do some hiking and backpacking together this summer as well, some with other family members.

This is a female Black-chinned Hummingbird photographed at one of our feeders. They are very active in the morning and evening but will soon be migrating to Mexico.

This is a female Black-chinned Hummingbird perched on one of our feeders. She is one of three kinds of hummingbirds that we see and by far the most common. It will not belong now before they make their annual migration to Mexico.

This is a female Black-chinned Hummingbird, one of three kinds of hummingbirds that come to our feeders and the most common of the three. I think she caught a glimpse of me on the other side of the window and stopped feeding to see what was going on. The male is shown in one of the insets.

This is another of the three species of hummingbirds that have been coming to our feeders, the Black-chinned Hummingbird. A close look will confirm the black chin but less noticeable is the purple band beneath.