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Observation details

Pictures not great. During a few hummingbird squabbles, including once with all three birds known to be present, one looked distinctly more diminutive than the others. When briefly feeding on Mexican Sunflower I noted salmon colored sides on this bird and a rounded tail shape that eliminates Ruby-throat. When perched backlit for, maybe, 2 seconds it appeared squat and the wingtips appeared shorter than the tail tip. Finally, in one final act of micro aggression it flew straight up into the sky 20-30 feet and dove straight down near one of its adversaries. All in all, it felt like enough Calliope vibes were given to lock it in to this species instead of Rufous or sp on the checklist. I will be hoping it returns this evening for photos. Update: right before submitting list it came back to be photographed poorly. I like it for immature male Calliope