Habitat: Coniferous woods preferably.
Range: North America, from central Canada to northern Ohio and Long
Island and in the Alleghany Mts., to Georgia and South Carolina;
winters from Mexico to Panama.
For three summers I heard the persistent buzzing of this little
Black-throat in the Maine woods before I was able to catch more than a
fleeting glimpse of him. He is very shy and elusive. An opportunity to
see this beautiful little jeweled bird at close range is an event to
bird-lovers. He is an industrious gleaner of small insects from dark
pine and spruce forests.