Date: 10/26/2015

Number: 1

Arizona’s fourth documented Ruby-throated hummingbird, a juvenile male, was spotted on October 26th by the Directors of the Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory, Tom Wood and Sheri Williamson. It's now sporting a band.

SABO noted, "It seems likely that Arizona’s scant handful of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds came from the western part of the species range in southern Alberta and extreme eastern British Columbia, but we’re hoping that this newly banded individual will be re-encountered someday somewhere, shedding a bit more light on this familiar yet mysterious bird.

"Though it’s the hummingbird most familiar to most Americans, the Ruby-throated is the third rarest of Arizona’s 18 recorded hummingbird species. Despite generations of intense observation by some of America’s most experienced birders and ornithologists, it wasn’t until January 2005 that a possible female Ruby-throated was discovered wintering in the Tucson yard of a professional birding guide."

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Bisbee, AZ

Latitude: 31.5 Longitude: -110

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