Birdland: Flying Jewel
It’s April, which means it’s time to hang out the garden hummingbird feeders for the tiny hummers who are returning to Park Hill after a long winter down south. There are more than 365 species of hummingbirds in the Americas, but only four of them — the Broad-tailed, Rufous, Calliope and Black-Chinned — are commonly found in Colorado. Many others, like the Green-Crowned Brilliant hummingbird pictured here, live full time in the warmer climates of Mexico, Central and South America. This Green-Crowned Brilliant was photographed in Costa Rica by Mark Silverstein.