The Hummingbirds

On many of our New World tours, our cups overfloweth with hummingbirds, whose gem-like plumages captivate any human observer. This series of photographs taken on our tours represents merely the tip of the hummingbird iceberg. We hope you enjoy this gallery. (Here a male Crowned Woodnymph by guide Cory Gregory on our Colombia: Santa Marta Escape tour.)

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On many of our New World tours, our cups overfloweth with hummingbirds, whose gem-like plumages captivate any human observer. This series of photographs taken on our tours represents merely the tip of the hummingbird iceberg. We hope you enjoy this gallery. (Here a male Crowned Woodnymph by guide Cory Gregory on our Colombia: Santa Marta Escape tour.)

Crowned Woodnymph CMS18 Cory Gregory

$Perhaps your first hummingbird was a Ruby-throated in the East, or a Black-chinned, like this one, in the West. When the eye is caught by the diffracted color of the male's gorget for the first time, there is a moment of disbelief at the intensity of the ruby or the violet. Photograph by David and Judy Smith, Arizona's Second Spring tour.$