Hummingbirds

There have finally been Hummingbirds around and I was able to get pictures.

On June 29th I saw some Hummingbirds in the flowers of a large bush across the street from my house. My first Costa's Hummingbird:

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Then on the 30th I saw more Hummingbirds:


Then on July 2nd I saw a Hummingbird that appeared to have a red throat. So, I pulled out my 6x16 Audubon Pocket Monocular and noticed it clearly was a ruby throat, so I got my camera and here's a picture of my first Anna's Hummingbird:

I also got to hear it sing along with a couple other ones. I was wearing my red hat so they kept flying right up to my face then quickly flew off before I could snap a picture.

On July 9th I went to look for birds in a park I haven't been to and I saw a Hummingbird there too:


And I also saw a few more Black Phoebe's after not seeing any for months. They don't like to be photographed so this was the only shot I got:


This park clearly has a habitat that Black Phoebes like so I'm sure I'll see more of them there: