This female Rufous Hummingbird visited Laura Erickson’s neighborhood in Duluth, Minnesota, in late 2021. The species breeds in western North America, and in recent years, part of the population shifted its migration route to the east and now winters along the Gulf Coast. Photo by Laura Erickson
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