Plain-Capped Starthroat
According to some of the other birders at Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary (Hereford, AZ), this was the only known plain-capped starthroat in the United States at the time (8/14/23).
It was drawing a constant stream of visitors. I hung around enough that day to see it come and go five or six times.
Look how much bigger it is than "regular" hummingbirds.
Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary, by the way, is a great place to kick back for a while and just watch insane numbers of hummingbirds. Nice people too.
Plain-Capped Starthroat
According to some of the other birders at Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary (Hereford, AZ), this was the only known plain-capped starthroat in the United States at the time (8/14/23).
It was drawing a constant stream of visitors. I hung around enough that day to see it come and go five or six times.
Look how much bigger it is than "regular" hummingbirds.
Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary, by the way, is a great place to kick back for a while and just watch insane numbers of hummingbirds. Nice people too.