Old bird caught

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An 11-year-old hummingbird, the oldest known in North America, was captured last month at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in Gothic, Colo., the National Geographic Society reported Saturday. The female bird was banded at the laboratory in June 1976 when she was at least 1 year old. She was

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Selasphorus platycercus

Selasphorus platycereus

Archilochus alexandri