The hummingbirds have taken over the backyard and should stick around for about a month or so, depending on the weather and when it turns cold. Our garden is blooming nicely but we also have a lot of potted flowers. I usually prefer my hummingbirds with heads but when this Rufous Hummingbird moved up into the flower with it’s wings outstretched, I just loved it. I also love the translucence in the wings shown here with the flower visible through the outstretched feathers. Rufous, Calliope, and Broad-tailed Hummingbirds all visit from time to time and mostly there are females and immature birds. I say that because the females and immatures for all three species are predominately green and they can be really tricky to identify. This pose on this Rufous shows the tail wonderfully and the orange/brown/rufous color all the way down to the black tip is an indicator of it’s species. The Calliope and Broad-tailed Hummingbirds will show green all the way down to the black tip. There are other indicators too of course and I may mention them as I post future hummingbird images.