Archilochus alexandri

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Female black-chinned Hummingbird, Archilochus alexandri, Cave Creek Canyon, AZ.

Image: Dave Rintoul, June 2008 [larger view].
More images from Dave's recent Arizona vacation.

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I see this species outside my computer room window from time to time, even though there are no flowers out there. They come for the abundance of insects in the Anacua trees (Ehretia anacua).