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More Hummingbirds and Green Herons

A rare shot of a hummingbird sitting still!

Yes! They are such fidgety little things even when they do perch for a few moments. It's almost like that metabolism keeps them in a constant quiver.

love it <3

I'm pretty sure everyone's enchanted by hummingbirds :)

Dear wee bird. Humming birds fascinate me so much. We don't have them where I live.

They are amazing little creatures. Until we moved here I had never seen them in person either, certainly never so close. They fly so fast that unless it's hovering or perching I imagine it would be quite easy to miss them.

I learned all about them recently in an amazing documentary about Alaska. They absolutely fascinate me, so it was quite a thrill to see your post today. Apparently their wee wings flap an average of 60 times a second, and their tongues can manage nine licks of sap a second! All that in a tiny package that weighs an average of just FOUR grams!

They are not found at all in my country (NZ).

EDIT - sorry for double words in previous version of this comment. I'm using a speech to text editor that fluffs up sometimes.

Edited 2017-09-04 23:44 (UTC)

Ah no worries. Wow, Alaska of all places! I don't know if you'll be region blocked from this link but we saw a terrific documentary on hummingbird research earlier this year and it looks like the whole episode is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hrlr45uGapQ

Thanks for the link! It would seem that link goes to a trailer, with a link to the full episode. The full episode is region blocked unfortunately, but I was able to watch the trailer. :)