Our First Rufous Hummingbird!

This afternoon, (3/4/2020), just after 5pm, i looked out our kitchen window and saw a male Rufous hummingbird sitting near our largest hummingbird feeder! This was our first Rufous hummingbird of the season. I had very little light but managed to sneak out of the house with my camera to obtain photos of our first spring migrant. This arrival betters our past earliest arrival by one day, with our latest arrival date being 3/27. I had been watching carefully so that I could be sure and log our first Rufous’ arrival.