Q This hummingbird stayed in my yard last winter. Is it a young male or an adult female Marci Jones MELROSE, FLORIDA rufous hummingbird?

Kenn and very be rufous hard young similar and hummingbirds, to tell male Kimberly: in some the hummingbirds difference. species, Adult adult females female so Among look it can often but it tends have some to be red concentrated on the throat, in the center of the lower throat. Young males can show the same pattern, but they typically have larger red spots scattered around the throat. Your photo shows an individual with big red patches over the side of the throat as well as in the center, so we would call it a young male.