The tiny Costa’s Hummingbird is one of the smallest birds in North America. It measures just a hair over 3 inches and weighs a mere 3 grams. Last week near Phoenix, this little guy posed in the mid morning winter sunlight in a shrub called Velvet Mesquite. It seemed to be feeding on the tiny bugs on the leaves and caught in webs. According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the Costa’s is a year-round resident of the area and its favorite flowers include the California Fuchsia and the Chuparosa, both native plants with tubular flowers that hummers prefer.