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Tiny hummingbird2007-11-24 17:16:25

had a tiny hummingbird on our purple azalea yesterday, it was small, thought it was a large moth at first, probably 2 inches, it was a pale greenish color (looked to be solid,but he was so small it is hard to say for sure), when it turn side ways, we could see that it was clearly a hummingbird, but I have never seen on so small, was it a baby or something different, he stayed for quite a while flitting from flower to flower and after about 10 min flew off. Wish I had put the batteries in the camera, but don't even know if it would have caught it, he was so small. We live south of KCK. I checked guides and can't find one the right color or size

Answers:

Hummingbirds are TINY and so quick. It sounds like a female ruby-throat, that species is very common.

My grandmother had a pair that actually built a nest in her honeysuckle vines on the house. It was so amazing to see that. Their eggs are the size of an m&m.

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Here is some web sites I think you can find the humming bird you are looking for.

http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/searc...

http://www.birdwatching.com/

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/allaboutbir...

I agree with the first answer.

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All hummingbirds in the US are that small. It was most likely a ruby-throated hummingbird. These are the most common and their range spreads throughout most of the United States. The females lack the ruby throat so, theres a chance it might have been one of them.