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Ruby Throated Hummingbird

Posted by Andrew Jenkins,
North Country explorer from Colton, New York
July 18, 2013 —

A male hummingbird was swooping a U-shaped mating display trying to impress a female sitting in a nearby tree. The display will often be accompanied by whistles and chirps, which hummingbirds rarely vocalize.