Summer's Hummingbird
by Elizabeth Winter
Title
Summer's Hummingbird
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Elizabeth Winter
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Photograph - Photography
Description
The Ruby-throated Hummingbird, one of the smallest hummingbird species, can only grow to a length of 3 to 3.5 inches and weight of about 3 grams. Due to its small size, the bird is sometimes mistaken for a large insect.
A Ruby-throated Hummingbird has only about 940 feathers in average, which are all replaced every year. For this, Ruby-throated Hummingbirds hold the record for having the least number of feathers of any bird.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird’s very short legs prevent it from other means of moving, such as walking or hopping. Indeed, it can only shuffle along a perch. It scratches its head and neck by raising its food up and over its wing.
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds like to eat on red or orange flowers because of their high sugar content. This does not mean however that the sugar water in hummingbird feeders should be colored. Similar to many other birds, hummingbirds also have a good color vision, which allows them to look into the ultraviolet spectrum that humans can’t see.
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September 20th, 2018
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Swedish Attitude Design
~ This is so breathtaking, beautifully and totally amazing work! I love it! ~ Sincerely Cia ~
Laura D Young
Gorgeous work. Perfectly composed and lovely color. So many hummingbirds this year! l/f
Don Columbus
Congratulations Elizabeth, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings" I invite you to place it in the group's "2018 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
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