Rufous are hard to miss as they zip, zoom and dive around. During courtship, a male rufous dives in a J-shaped or steep oval pattern when a female enters his breeding territory.

The Rufous Hummingbird is magical. The male’s iridescent throat glows brighter than a shiny copper penny and like most hummingbirds, whizzes through the air curiously hovering right in front of ...

July in southwest Colorado is a showcase of precious summer in her full majesty. From alpine tundra to forests of spruce, ...

In his place, the victor, a male rufous hummingbird, now dined from the clear red feeder. Rufous hummingbirds are delightful tiny birds, full of attitude and dressed like kings and queens.

The calliope hummingbird, North America's smallest bird, migrates through Utah each summer. A banding event on July 19 at Red ...

An inquisitive rufous female eastern screech owl peers down on an unexpected visitor near Tom Hughes park in Austin, Texas. Only 5% of eastern screech owls in the central Texas area are rufous ...

Some rufous hummingbirds break up their trip into long segments, first fattening up and sometimes nearly doubling their body weight, then flying nonstop a hundred miles or more to their next ...

A cinnamon/rufous color is almost always obvious at places on the bird, especially on its tail. A full adult rufous male is basically bright orange, or rufous, all over, and can’t be missed.

That was the second rufous I had seen in three days. The first one was at a friend’s house, and he wasn’t even sure it was still around. But after waiting only about 20 minutes David spotted ...

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A cinnamon/rufous color is almost always obvious at places on the bird, especially on its tail. A full adult rufous male is basically bright orange, or rufous, all over, and can’t be missed.