The western counterpart of the ruby-throated, the black-chinned regularly pumps its tail. Monotypic. Length 3.3–3.8"; bill 16–22 mm. Best marks for all ages are narrow inner primaries and ...
"Last year was the first year I put one out all winter and that's when I started noticing hummingbirds dropping by. "Last year I had two black-chinned hummingbirds, a broad-tail, a Rufous and one ...
This includes Anna's (Calypte anna) and rufous hummingbirds (Selasphorus rufus) along with Calliope (Selasphorus calliope) and Black-chinned hummingbirds (Archilochus alexandri) more occasionally.
"There's just a lot of reports this year," Johnson said. "We're getting lots of reports of black-chinned hummingbirds this year." He's observing the same at his own home in South Louisiana.