Ruby-throated Hummingbird (female) – 5/21/16

Observer: Paul Lauenstein

Observation Date: 5/21/16

Observation Time: 7:10 a.m.

Observation Location: Moose Hill Farm (The Trustees of Reservations)

Common Name: Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Scientific Name: Archilochus colubris

Comments: Ruby-throated hummingbirds are the only species of hummingbird commonly seen in New England. They overwinter in Costa Rica, and arrive in Massachusetts around May 1 every year. That’s a good time to put out a hummingbird feeder. If you’re lucky, and you change the sugar water in the feeder regularly, they’ll nest nearby and visit your feeder all summer.

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