Buff-bellied Hummingbird at Roma Bluffs |
Saturday we went down to the Roma Bluffs World Birding Center site -- one of six such sights in the Lower Valley of Texas. Roma get some hummers including this Buff-Bellied Hummingbird - one of the species that has been there all winter. They have a few of these and they are relatively tame -- allowing visitors to get rather close. Mary noted that given their irridescent green back, they are misnamed buff-belly.
We missed a Black-Chinned Hummingbird that supposedly shows up but hope to catch up with one further west. Coming from a state which usually just gets Ruby-throated hummers, it’s quite something to have a chance to see so many varieties. And in the months ahead, after we’ve left, there will be dozens of varieties.
As an aviator, as a novice birder, just as an observer - they are just amazing creatures to watch and appreciate. Feisty, beautiful, spectacular, mesmerizing.
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