Birds I've Seen in my Yard - Black-chinned Hummingbird

Black-chinned Hummingbird, Archilochus alexandri
Originally uploaded by tripp.davenport

Males actually have a little iridescent purple patch at the base of their throat if the light is right, but the light is never right on our Yellow Trumpet Bush when I see this visitor in the morning. He's quick and tiny - even smaller than the ruby-throated hummingbirds I always saw growing up - and I think his bill seems longer, by comparison, too.

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Black-chinned_Hummingbird/id