Julio C Castro

Anna’s Hummingbird female

Loves hanging out in the big tree looming over the pond near the exhibit, need confirmation if correct ID
@Great Argus dude I thought it was only me that found it hard, I tried to identify for a half hour today before posting and I did my best guess :/ Just changed it to Anna’s!
 
Hey @Great Argus, would the other hummer I recently uploaded would be a Costa’s? The reason I ask is because they had told me they had 1 Anna’s and it was a female indeed, yet these two are different birds on opposite sides of the pond when I took these photos.
 
@Julio C Castro Both photos remind me more of Anna's than Costa's; however if you could see both at the same time (I think that's what you're stating?) then one of these two should indeed be Costa's. How many Costa do they have, do you know? And what sex and age? The other photo could possibly be a juvenile male.
 
@Great Argus Id say they were taken about 15-20 minutes apart but I would look back and forth to see both hummers on their respective sides of the pond. I asked how many they had and I was told this after asking on day 2: 3 female Amazalia, 2 Costa’s of opposite sexes, and a sole Anna’s. The male Costa’s I posted feeding from the feeder should be the only one and it had the purple iridescent feathers by the cheek area.
 

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NIKON CORPORATION NIKON Z 50
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