Hummingbirds of Arizona Photo Gallery by Gary Hebert at pbase.com

Hummingbirds of Arizona

Hummingbirds are fascinating, to an extent far disproportionate to their size. Darting from flower to flower, sunlight flashing on their brightly colored throats and crowns, hummingbirds are widely known as the jewels of the bird world. It's hard to believe, but very true: all that dazzling color is produced by feather structure, and not by pigment.

More than 340 species of hummingbirds are known today, but all of them occur only in the Americas. It is Arizona's good fortune to have had recorded within its boundaries 16 species, more than any other state. In fact, of all the species regularly found in the United States, only two, the buff-bellied and ruby-throated, have not been recorded in Arizona. At least, not yet!

Anna's (male) Hummingbird	Anna's Hummingbird (male)	Costa's Hummingbird (male)	Anna's Hummingbird (male)	Costa's Hummingbird (female)
Anna's Hummingbird (male)	Costa's Hummingbird (male)	Anna's Hummingbird (male)	Costa's Hummingbird (female)	Costa's Hummingbird (male)
Costa's Hummingbird (female)	Costa's Hummingbird (male)	Anna's Hummingbird (male)	Costa's Hummingbird (female)	Anna's Hummingbird (female)
Anna's Hummingbird (male)	Anna's Hummingbird (male)	Costa's Hummingbird (female)	Anna's Hummingbird (male)	Costa's Hummingbird (female)
Anna's Hummingbird (female)	Costa's Hummingbird (female)	Anna's Hummingbird (male)	Anna's Hummingbird (male)	Costa's Hummingbird (female)
Costa's Hummingbird (female)	Costa's Hummingbird (male)	Costa's Hummingbird (female)	Costa's Hummingbird (female)	Costa's Hummingbird (male)
Costa's Hummingbird (male)	Anna's Hummingbird (female)	Anna's Hummingbird (female)	Costa's Hummingbird (male)	Anna's Hummingbird (female)
Anna's Hummingbird (female)	Costa's Hummingbird (male)	Anna's Hummingbird (female)	Anna's Hummingbird (female)	Anna's Hummingbird (male)
Anna's Hummingbird (female)	Anna's Hummingbird (female)	Anna's Hummingbird (female)	Anna's (male) Hummingbird	Anna's Hummingbird (male)
Anna's (male) Hummingbird	Anna's (male) Hummingbird	Anna's (male fledgling) Hummingbird	Anna's (male fledgling) Hummingbird	Anna's (male fledgling) Hummingbird
Anna's (male fledgling) Hummingbird	Anna's (female) Hummingbird	Anna's (male fledgling) Hummingbird	Anna's (male fledgling) Hummingbird	Hummingbird Moth

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thchang		26-Mar-2012 13:12
Wonderful collection! Great shot. Voted!!

Guest		01-Feb-2012 22:31
Great set of hummingbird photos!

Walter Otto Koenig		01-Feb-2012 16:27
Great collection. You have many fine images here, and a nice variety too. "V"

John D.		05-Jan-2012 04:18
Gary, You have done a very nice job on this set of photo's. I can't think of how much time went into this . You are the expert on this so I'm taking your word that they have not found a ruby-throated here. I really thought they had them around Tucson. None the less, Great job!

Shelley O'Connell		02-Jun-2011 01:45
You have really caught these hummingbirds, the detail, and in mid flight!

Larry Handal		30-Mar-2011 21:40
A favorite subject for me! Such awesome little creatures

Andreas Exner		05-Mar-2011 00:49
It will take two more months before we will see a Hummingbird here in Iowa. In the meanwhile I enjoy looking at your beautiful shots.

Guest		02-Mar-2011 02:21
Amazing collection of hummingbirds!! Beautiful!

Ulla Kruys		19-Feb-2011 14:46
What a fantastic collection! V

Simon Chandler		16-Feb-2011 20:15
Amazing gallery of lively, colorful and beautiful images of Hummingbirds. v

Flora		16-Feb-2011 04:25
Wonderful gallery, Gary. Love them all, they are fabulous. BV

Ashley Hockenberry		15-Feb-2011 15:50
Excellent !

Jimmy Kall		13-Feb-2011 23:22
Beautiful shots!!!

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