Rufous Hummingbird - BirdWatching Magazine

Rufous Hummingbird

©Robert York

Published: March 21, 2004

Robert York photographed these two-week-old Rufous Hummingbird chicks in his yard in Spanaway, Washington.

The nest was located in a Douglas fir tree about eight feet off the ground. York watched the nest closely and noted how, as the chicks grew, the nest spread to accommodate the birds (Selasphorus rufus).

York took the photo with his Sony F-505V digital camera from about five feet away.

View photos of other hummingbirds:
- Anna's Hummingbird female and nestling
- Anna's Hummingbird with a water-soaked bill
- Black-chinned Hummingbird
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird
- Calliope Hummingbird
- Costa's Hummingbird
- Purple-crowned Woodnymph
- Purple-throated Carib
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird perched
- Ruby-throated Hummingbirds swarming a feeder
- Rufous Hummingbird in flight at Oregon's William L. Finley NWR
- Rufous Hummingbird hovering near a nectar feeder in British Columbia
- Rufous Hummingbird, close-up portrait of hovering bird
- Rufous Hummingbirds colliding in flight
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
- Tufted Coquette

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