We went to Tucson in August intentionally! Hummingbird diversity is highest in August as young birds disperse north from Mexico into the canyons in Southeast Arizona. It WAS hot — lows of 75F and highs of 107F+. More important, most days it was 100F+ by noon. By 10 a.m. not much was moving but hummingbirds and lizards. Still, we had a good time and got some amazing images.

We saw not just a good variety of species of hummingbirds on this trip, but huge numbers of them as well. Any place there was a feeder saw throngs of "hummers" buzzing around all day long. The feisty and territorial rufous hummingbird had no possibility of guarding any feeder or plant from the invading hordes.

Probable Allen's female Select		Probable rufous subadult hovering Select		Probable Allen's female hovering Select
Violet-crowned Select		Violet-crowned talking Select		Broad-tailed male Select
Black-chinned male perched Select		Black-chinned female hovering Select		Costa's male perched Select
Broad-billed subadult Select		Probable broad-billed subadult Select		Broad-billed subadult Select
Anna's subadult hovering Select		Anna's female landing Select