The Costa's hummingbird is a very rare spring and summer visitant to central and southwestern Oregon. Males are sometimes present for the entire year in the Rogue Valley. Males have been observed in canopy-free riparian habitat along Bear Creek and semi-open tall white oaks at the edge of Agate Lake.

Many of these birds go undetected in Oregon because of their similarity with other hummingbird species.

Hear the call of the Costa's hummingbird

Photo by Mick Thompson, Flickr