Could be a Costa's, Boneseteel opines

The new picture brought a new guess from Sandi Pennar Bonesteel:

As far as the hummingbird, I still want to say/guess Costa's (female--according to books and website), and now on looking closer at the plant, believe it is aloe vera. Did you get a chance to check out the website on hummers I sent earlier? AZ has 18 species accounted for (click on AZ hummingbird link), so you can narrow it down a bit going by season as well as locale. Costa's is year round. Some of these are summer visitors, some more rare, some accidental, etc. It is very hard tho, as they'll vary by sex, age, etc. not to mention that they move so fast and if you don't get a front shot it's tough.

I think I mentioned that in the earlier e-mail too, and it has been brought up again by Greg and Sara. Anyway, I am no expert....case in point, I happened to remember that I have a dead hummer in a little box in my freezer. I found it on my patio over 2 years ago, and preserved it for the grandkinds to see. Even though they had seen it, I kept it, as it it is so beautiful, and couldn't bear to throw it in the trash. And now, even tho it's right there in front of me, perfectly preserved, not moving, dead as a doornail, I still can't identify it! LOL I am no good at getting photos up on the web, but maybe can get my daughter to help, and we can get another bet going.

As for the prize?? How about a frozen specimen?