Purple Headed Hummer
by Shoal Hollingsworth
Title
Purple Headed Hummer
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Shoal Hollingsworth
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Photograph - Photograph
Description
This is a male Costas Hummingbird that I photographed in Palm Springs California. This species is very small, a mature adult growing to only 3–3.5 inches in length, a wingspan of 4.3 inches and an average weight of 3.05 grams for males and 3.22 grams for females. The male Costa's has a mainly green back and flanks, a small black tail and wings, and patches of white below their gorgeted throat and tail. Its most distinguishing feature is its vibrant purple cap and throat with the throat feathers flaring out and back behind its head.
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December 30th, 2016
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Jennifer Jenson
Congratulations on your 3rd Place Win in the Hummingbirds In Nature contest! Gorgeous!
Larry Kniskern
Congratulations, Shoal – your stunning scene finished third place in the Go Take a Hike Photography Group’s Hummingbirds photo contest! It will be placed on the group homepage as a special feature for the week, as well in the Contest Winners thread in the group discussion board for archive.
Hazel Holland
Shoal, voted for this beautiful capture in the HUMMINGBIRDS contest! Love the colors and detail in this most amazing capture! L/F/V
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