Their suspicions were correct. It was an Anna’s hummingbird, a western species and very rare vagrant to the eastern U.S. Hummingbird bander Allen Chartier caught and banded the bird Nov. 5 ...

Tiny among birds, Anna’s hummingbirds are considered medium-sized and stocky for a hummingbird. Anna’s hummingbirds are 3.9 to 4.3 inches long with a wingspan of 4.7 inches. Their weight ...