Costa's
by Robert Bales
Title
Costa's
Artist
Robert Bales
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Photograph - Photo
Description
The Costa's Hummingbird is very small, a mature adult growing to only 3 to 3� inches in length. The male Costa's has a mainly green back and flanks, a small black tail and wings, and patches of white below their gorgeted throat and tail. The male Costa's Hummingbird's most distinguishing feature is its vibrant purple cap and throat with the throat feathers flaring out and back behind its head. The female Costa's Hummingbird is not as distinct as the male, having grayish-green above with a white underbelly.
The Costa's Hummingbird is fairly common in the arid brushy deserts and any nearby gardens of the Southwestern United States and the Baja California Peninsula of Mexico.
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December 23rd, 2011
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Comments (11)
Don Columbus
Congratulations Robert, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings" I invite you to place it in the group's "2018 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Anita Faye
Robert, happy to feature your beautiful work on Poetic Poultry! https://fineartamerica.com/groups/poetic-poultry-.html
Cindy Treger
Robert, congrats on your stunning feature in Animals. f/l
Robert Bales replied:
Thanks so much Cindy for the wonderful comment, congrats and the nice feature!! Thanks for the LF!!
Dawn Currie
Robert, Congratulations on your feature in our group, Pure Nature Photography - celebrating the best of our natural world!
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
William Tasker
Beautiful, Robert! I appreciate your submission to Wild Birds Of The World - A Nature Photography Group, where this image is now featured on the homepage. L/F