An extremely irritated male broadtail hummer, rescued from my house today. I'm now up to 1/2 gallon a day feeding them (severe drought this year, few wildflowers), and will be up to a gallon when the rufous and calliope birds get here next month. He was the loser in an aerial dogfight that ended amongst my living room flowers, the victor dashed right back outside.
His beak is open in mid-squawk -- what a hummingbird squawk lacks in volume is made up for in pure orneriness.
DANBOB
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