Selasphorus rufus

Last Sunday, what is presumed to be a Rufous Hummingbird showed up in Prospect Park. These photos are from Monday. On Tuesday there was a snow storm, but the bird got through it and has been seen since.

This may be the first county record of this species, which breeds from the Northwest up into Alaska and winters in the southeast along the Gulf Coast.

Here, in the muted grays and browns of our lackadaisical winter, it is a little flying jewel.