Hummingbirds Birthday Card

Cute birthday card featuring Costa's Hummingbirds and a Calliope Hummingbird. Costa's Hummingbirds are tiny hummingbirds that live in the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts, and in chaparral and sage scrub areas in coastal California. They are important pollinators of cacti and desert plants. They can also be found in parks, gardens, and higher elevation mountains in dry areas. The male has a brilliant purple crown and throat that extends down to a point on each side. They are named for Louis Marie Pantaléon Costa, Marquis de Beauregard, who was a French statesman, archaeologist, historian and ornithologist. The Calliope Hummingbird is named after the Greek muse Calliope. It is the smallest breeding bird in the US and Canada. The male bird has purplish-red iridescent streaks on the gorget, green flanks and a dark tail.