This bird is often described as very autumnal. The females have dull orange and brown feathers covering all their bodies.
The males have the same feathers, but they also have bright orange plumages. Both sexes of this bird are very aggressive, but the males appear to be more so.
Most commonly, fights will break out over food and mating resources.
They will fight with both their own species and other species of hummingbirds and males will even chase females away from food sources both in and out of the breeding seasons.
These birds are migratory and have often been spotted flying over open areas of grasslands during these migrations.
You can only see these birds in Ohio during their migratory period.
Their range is relatively exclusive to eastern states but there have been several sightings of them moving to the west during these migrations.
They have also occasionally been spotted in the winter in Ohio. Most of these sightings are in the central regions of the state.