Hi,

I live in Southern California. Today, I saw a very unusual bird, which I think is some kind of hummingbird. I looked it up in my bird book, but could not find anything like it.

It appeared to be shorter and fatter that the common varieties I see. But most unusual, it had black rings around its body. It was sucking necter with a typical-looking hummingbird beak. Any ideas about what it could be?

Thanks.