Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)

I mentioned yesterday that two kinds of hummingbirds are visiting our feeder. These photos are of the second kind, a Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus). Unlike the Anna's Hummingbird pictured yesterday, Rufous Hummingbirds are only here during the summer. Within the next month or so they will head south for a long flight that will carry them to their winter home in the Mexican state of Guerrero, an extraordinary journey for such a tiny creature.