Selasphorus rufus

Our migrant summer visitor, the Rufous Hummingbird, is going to get my vote for the most photogenic bird of the summer. His iridescent throat feathers are brown when he's in the shade, but when the light shines on them, they are bright orange, fading to green along the sides. He's been a very frequent visitor, acting more and more territorial all the time, chasing away the Black-chinned Hummingbirds who mistakenly thought they owned the feeder.