These birds are beautiful, the males have autumnal shades of orange and red feathers covering their body.
Like lots of other hummingbirds, the females of this species have much duller shades of colours on their feathers.
These birds are migratory and if you are lucky you may be able to catch one during its migratory flight.
Outside of their migration periods, you are likely to see these hummingbirds in open areas of lands such as grasslands.
Rufous Hummingbirds are very aggressive, they are territorial and also very protective of food sources.
Food appears to be more important than breeding as males have been seen chasing females away from manmade bird feeders, even in the middle of the breeding season.
They do frequently visit gardens as they will go anywhere with a source of food.
The range of this bird does not officially include the state of Pennsylvania.
However, sightings and spotted areas of migrations have shown that this hummingbird has entered Pennsylvania, only outside of their breeding seasons and most commonly in the winter months.
The sightings of this bird most commonly occur in the south east of Pennsylvania.
It is easy to attract these birds to your garden, you can do this by adding both bright tubular plants and also simple sugar water feeders. Do not color the sugar water for this bird.