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Hummingbirds are very small but they move around so fast that up to now I have not been able to see where they go after they fly away. The photo below shows how most of us see these birds.

Hummingbird: this one looks like a young one born this year.

Hummingbird: this one looks like a young male born this year.

However, yesterday I saw one fly to a nearby oak tree and perch on a branch.

Female Hummingbird on oak tree branch.

Female Hummingbird on oak tree branch.

To give you an idea how small it is, here’s a shot of a female House Finch at about the same distance.

Female House Finch

Female House Finch

Or, how about a Nuthatch and a Goldfinch for comparison?

Nuthatch to Goldfinch: "Hey, want to share?"

Nuthatch to Goldfinch: “Hey, how about sharing that seed?”