The Cute Allen’s Hummingbirds of Golden Gate Park

This little Allen’s hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) resides in the San Francisco Botanical Garden (nee Strybing Arboretum) in Golden Gate Park.

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What with the green back and rusty coloring it could be a Rufous Hummingbird, but I wouldn’t know the difference.

Oh well.

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3 Responses to “The Cute Allen’s Hummingbirds of Golden Gate Park”

Jerry says:

April 27, 2009 at 1:19 am

Beautiful capture! That looks like an Allen’s to me — and the Rufous wouldn’t be as common here. But I’m not an expert.
sfcitizen says:

April 27, 2009 at 6:09 am

thx Jerry. I think I have another shot with its tongue sticking out. I’ll post that one sometime..,
Joseph says:

June 9, 2009 at 11:45 am

Love the site! Nothing like cute animals to get me through the day lol. I am going to add your feed to my google reader. Hopefully you update regularaly. Thanks!