BILL: red with black tip.
SIZE: small hummingbird, measures 3.4 inches in length, with wingspan range of 4-5 inches. They have pointed wings and fan-shaped tails.
WEIGHT: 3-4 grams.
COLOR: green, blue-green, black, white, purple, buff, red, iridescent.
FORESTS: clearing and edges of coniferous forests in higher mountains, pine-oak woods at middle elevations, and often coming to feeders in mountain canyons, areas dominated by oak, pine, or Douglas-fir.
NECTAR mostly from red tubular flowers, and sugar-water mixtures in hummingbird feeders.
INSECTS small winged insects and spiders.
NEST: compact, cup-shaped made of plants, moss, pine needles, and spider webs, lined with fine plant down, covered in lichens and moss, and built from 5-20 feet above the ground in a shrub or tree.
EGGS: 2 eggs, white in color.
INCUBATION: 14-16 days, female only.