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We escaped from frigid Vermont this weekend and after a long travel day, rolled into Patagonia to a funky AirBnb rental and this morning, walked the quarter-mile down the the Paton Center for Hummingbirds Center. Here are a few of the birds we saw:

The Violet-crowned Hummingbird is one of the main reasons birders from all over come here.
There’s a blueish patch behind the eye – more dramatic in the male.
Yellow-rumped warblers were everywhere.
A Rufous-winged sparrow and female Lazuli bunting share a feeder.
A Black Phoebe