It isnât difficult to attract hummingbirds, as they are always looking for flowers or a feeder with sugar water.
Two hummingbird species call county home
A hummingbird is a
glittering garment
Of the rainbow”
—John James Audubon
In late April or early May, one of my favorite species of birds arrives: hummingbirds!
The Black-chinned Hummingbird is one of four different hummers that can be seen in Ouray County, but only two of the species nest here: the Black-chinned and the Broad-tailed.
The Broad-tailed is called the mountain hummer and is the noisy one. He is seen at higher elevation, whereas the Blackchinned hummers like a lower elevation, but bot...
