Male Allen's hummingbirds are highly aggressive and territorial, they'll chase any other males from their territory, and have even been known to attack predatory birds several times larger than themselves, such as kestrels and hawks.







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Colors of Nature - Allen's Hummingbird (male) hovering in the air. San Fernando Valley, California








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Minimalism - Allen's Hummingbird in flight










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Allen's Hummingbird (female) hovering over Red Yucca plant bloom. San Fernando Valley, CA










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The desert might seem like a bad place for a creature that feeds at flowers, but it is the favored habitat for Costa's Hummingbird, who breeds in the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts of California and Arizona... This tiny (3 c"m) hummingbird feeds on nectar from flowers such as desert honeysuckle and lavender It also feeds on insects that it happens to find in the flower petals.

Costa's Hummingbirds (Calypte costae) - Palm Desert, CA









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The Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin)

This amazing colorful hummingbird was named after the American collector and taxidermist Charles Andrew Allen (1841-1930), who first noticed this species in the U.S. and described it to the American scientists. Photographed at Kenneth Hahn State Park, Los Angeles California.







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A juvenile male hummingbird extending his tongue at home feeder










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A male Allen's Hummingbird sipping nectar from home feeder, flashing its beautiful throat colors to the three females that are feeding on the opposite side... Photographed at Kenneth Hahn State Park, Los Angeles California.




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"Resident" Anna's hummingbird do not migrate and stay in the the L.A area all year around. A core population of those "residents" fly up into the Santa Monica Mountains to breed in the winter and then spread out east into the meadow-lands and along the pacific coast, during summer. Photographed at the L.A county Arboretum and botanic gardens, Arcadia CA.

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