Ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris). 

The only hummingbird that regularly nests east of the Mississippi river.

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The following Cornell Lab | Macaulay Library recordings were used in this episode: 

• Ruby-throated hummingbird calls by Geoffrey A. Keller (ML507203) 
• Ruby-throated hummingbird male display flight sound by Randolph Little (ML507200) 
• Ruby-throated hummingbird flight humming by Randolph Little (ML507202) 

Sources and more: 

• https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ruby-throated_Hummingbird  
• https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/ruby-throated-hummingbird  
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• Peterson, R. T., & Peterson, V. M. (1980). A field guide to the birds: A completely new guide to all the birds of eastern and central North America (Fourth edition, completely revised and enlarged.). Houghton Mifflin Company. 
• Sibley, D. (2016). Sibley birds East: Field guide to birds of eastern North America (2nd ed.). Alfred A. Knopf.