Birds Identified: Ruby-throated Hummingbird

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Ruby-throated Hummingbird has these characteristics:

• Continuous flying
  
• Smaller than robin
  
• Bill long, as long or longer than head
  
• Mostly dull green or brownish green
  
• Red present
  
• Blue or bright green (not dull green)
  
• North summer (June through August)
  
• South summer (June through August)
  
• Wood habitat
  
• Continuous flying low (below treetops when flying)
  
• Zig zag flight (many irregular twists and turns)
  
• Staccato and twitter call (short sharp notes or rapid series of notes: tinkling, trilling, sputtering, or percussive)
  

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