Name That Hummingbird

White-Eared Hummingbird Sighted in Arizona Mountains

Adult Male White-Eared Hummingbird (Courtesy of the Widmans - www.theazuregate.blogspot.com)

Following is an excerpt from the Widman’s post describing their White-Eared Hummingbird sighting in Arizona’s Huachucas Mountains…

white eared hummingbird

Posted by Dennis and Christine Widman

Here is a white eared hummingbird, which is rare in the United States. We’ve seen him two summers in a row at Miller Canyon in the Huachucas. To get to the hummingbird station at Beatty’s Orchard (in Miller Canyon) you take a small hike up the canyon, across a stream, and up the hill where they have set up a small viewing tent. They have nine feeders hanging amongst the trees. So you just sit and watch as literally a hundred or more hummers fly around you. At times some will be less than three feet away from you. There are picnic tables at the trailhead, so take a lunch and have a great day.

Thanks guys for taking a trip to Miller Canyon and photographing the White-Eared Hummingbird for the rest of us!