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      Have you ever seen a hummingbird in real life? Is it one that has been featured in the course so far, or a different species? Tell us about it in the discussion below!
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    • Cathy
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      I see ruby throated hummingbirds regularly at a feeder in New Hampshire.
    • Coralie
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      Yes, I have. I've seen lots of hummingbirds, although one that stands out to me especially was this Allen's Hummingbird fledgeling. And one more thing: The rufous hummingbird also deserves one more title: Most titles! (it has 3, not including this one). Screenshot 2025-09-07 at 8.59.29 PM
    • Sindie
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    • Sindie
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      Yes!  I have ruby-throated hummingbirds all over my backyard in the late spring through late summer or early fall.  My neighbor and I have planted flowers on which they can feed and I have feeders out to make it easier to watch these little wonders.   I've also seen broad-tailed hummingbirds in Colorado and a rufous hummingbird in Alaska.
    • Stefany
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      Yes! I've had the luck to run into a reddish hermit in the colombian Amazon region, near the Amazon river, in high rainforest, it was just siting on a small branch, so tiny and reddish. It was a night jungle trek.
    • Elizabeth
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      I’m located on the Western Slope of the Rockies in Colorado. I have black chinned hummingbirds, and see Rufous and Broad tailed hummingbirds. The Rufous later in summer when they migrate through. I also have the “hummingbird “ moths with the long probiscus visit my garden, the first time I saw one I thought it was a hummingbird for a minute! I’m below the Bookcliffs about 17 miles from the Colorado Monument.  Previously, in the Midwest, the hummers that visited my gardens were the Ruby throated.Image is a hummingbird mosaic that I made.IMG_4193
    • Angela
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      In my yard in Southern California I see Anna's Hummingbirds and Allen's Hummingbirds. I enjoyed visiting the Hummingbird Gallery at Monteverde Cloud Forest in Costa Rica, where I saw several other species. My favorite there was the Violet Sabrewing with the male's gorgeous purple iridescence, curved bill, and flash of white on his tail, making him easily distinguishable. The males were quite aggressive at the feeders.
    • Ken
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      Yes! Mainly Ruby-throated hummingbirds living/retired here now in Hubbard, Texas but a few Black-chinned hummys too. Seen Buff-bellied hummys in Brownsville and various others in southeast Arizona, Colorado, and the Texas panhandle.
    • Cheryl
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      Yes.  I reside in New Mexico.  Aggressive Rufous hummers dominate!
    • Tiffany
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      I have seen the broadtail hummingbird the past few years at my feeder. This year there's a new guy in town, the rufous hummingbird.
    • carl
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      Yes. I was in Brazil Peru and recently in Ecuador
    • M
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      Yes, in La Push WA where they fed from a sugar feeder. Sheer magic.
    • Benjamin
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    • Benjamin
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    • Ubaya
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      Yes I have seen Hummingbirds in Arizona (Pheonix and Payson) then in California (La Jolla)IMG_1995 (1)
    • Teresa
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      It is hard to count them, but I have atleast 20 ruby- throated hummingbirds. Most are females.  They were slow to return this year. The males are definitely territorial when it comes to the feeders. I make approximately 1.25 gallons of sugar water every 2 days. I absolutely love hummingbirds and am sad when they leave for the winter.
    • I just finished going through my photographs from Costa Rica, and identified 25 distinct species of hummingbirds including many shown in this course such as: fiery throated, violet sabrewing, stripe throated hermit, white-tipped sickle bill, lesser violetear, green fronted lancebill, and green crowned-brilliant, and white-necked jacobin.
    • Teresa
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      We have ruby- throated hummingbirds here in Western N.C. I currently have 7 feeders out and they need to be refilled often. They were slow to return this year. So far I have counted 10. Most of them are females. I can watch them for hours.
    • I just saw a female ruby throated in my West Virginia garden, and have seen many species in the western U.S. I’m also pretty sure I saw a violetear of some sort as a kid in Maryland. I have an indelible memory of an aqua and green hummingbird on azaleas at my childhood home and found out in recent years that others have seen violetears in Maryland.
    • Margie
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      Yes, I live in Tucson, AZ and so I have been lucky to see three species of humming birds here and have several that regularly visit my garden, which was designed specifically with plants that are good sources of hummingbird nectar.
    • I have seen 223 hummingbird species, including most of the species shown here. Still counting! My favorite so far was the Red-billed Streamertail in Jamaica.
    • Barb
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      I live in the NE now so see ruby throated but when I lived further west, saw many of those hummingbirds which at the time I could ID better than now.  There was a B&B outside Ramsey Canyon (Arizona) that had multiple hummingbird feeders and you could see a number of species just sitting in the yard