Trochilidae Nature's little jewels. Wingbeat is so rapid it produces a humming sound.
All species feed while hovering and can also fly backward.
Throat feathes look black when light does not reflect the brilliant iridescent colors. The Hummingbird House Nesting platforms for Humminmgbirds StudyWeb one of the Internet's premier sites for educational resources for students and teachers. Nesting from Alaska to the northwestern United States, Rufous Hummingbirds migrate in large numbers through southern California. They generally travel by the foothills and mountains, to and from wintering grounds in southern Mexico. The adult male makes a characteristic trilling sound in flight, and his conspicuous all-rufous apperance distinguishes him from other hummingbirds.