Ruby-throated Hummingbird
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This Ruby-throated Hummingbird carving was hand-crafted from solid Basswood. The Ruby-throated Hummingbird is the only hummingbird regularly seen throughout most of the Eastern United States. Both sexes are metallic-green above. The adult male has a brilliant-red throat and a black chin; the underparts are whitish; both the sides and flanks are dusky-green and the tail is forked. The female's throat is whitish and the under-parts are grayish-white, with a buffy wash on the side; the tail is similar to the female Black-chinned Hummingbird. Immatures resemble the adult female.
Reference
National Geographic Field Guide To The Birds of North America, Fifth Edition, Page 276
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