Trochilidae
Watching hummingbirds is a breathtaking experience. There are enough clues that they are birds, but so much else of what they do is so completely wacko. They come in psychedelic packaging. They fly backwards, and they can hover in one place. Their acceleration and deceleration are barely within the bounds of physical laws. They flap their wings so fast that all you can see of them are two blurs. And yes, you can hear the humming. All those adaptations are designed to capture the nectar market, but they are so energy intensive that the birds have to go into a state of torpor when they rest. In the remaining time they have to ingest twice their body weight's worth of food.
Anna's Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird hovering over a shrub in the Audobon Center near Dungeness River.
Hummingbird,Anna's Hummingbird hovering over a shrub in the Audobon Center near Dungeness River.
Green-crowned Woodnymph Hummingbird
Shot from the famous Yellow House at Mindo.
Hummingbird,Shot from the famous Yellow House at Mindo.
Andean Emerald Hummingbird
Hummingbird,
White-bellied Woodstar Hummingbird (Female)
Hummingbird,
Green and White Hummingbird
Hummingbird,
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Hummingbird,
Purple-bibbed Whitetip Hummingbird
Hummingbird,
Violet-purple Coronet Hummingbird
Hummingbird,
Brown Violet-ear Hummingbird
Hummingbird,
Fawn-breasted Brilliant Hummingbird
Hummingbird,
Green-crowned Brilliant Hummingbird (Male)
Hummingbird,
White-necked Jacobin Hummingbird
Hummingbird,
Lesser Violetear Hummingbird
Hummingbird,
Brown Inca Hummingbird
Hummingbird,
Long-tailed Sylph Hummingbird (Male)
Very hard to differentiate between the long-tailed Sylph and the Purple-tailed. Not sure if this is the right ID
Hummingbird,Very hard to differentiate between the long-tailed Sylph and the Purple-tailed. Not sure if this is the right ID
