Tiny Dancer - Hummingbird On The Fence - Avian Art

by Brooks Garten Hauschild

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Tiny Dancer - Hummingbird On The Fence - Avian Art

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Brooks Garten Hauschild

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Photograph - Photography - Hummingbird - Avian Art - Nature

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This tiny dancer sat patiently while another little guy was sipping nectar nearby. Usually, they are ready to rumble, as in fight or flight, but not this time, lucky for me.

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A flash of green and red, the brilliant tiny precision-flying Ruby-throated Hummingbird glitters like a jewel in the full sun seeking its next nectar source. Feeders and flower gardens are great ways to attract these birds, and some people turn their yards into buzzing clouds of hummingbirds each summer. Enjoy them while they’re around; by early fall they’re bound for Central America, with many crossing the Gulf of Mexico in a single flight.

Cool Facts ~
1. The Ruby-throated Hummingbird beats its wings about 53 times a second.
2. The extremely short legs of the Ruby-throated Hummingbird prevent it from walking or hopping. The best it can do is shuffle along a perch. Nevertheless, it scratches its head and neck by raising its foot up and over its wing.
3. Scientists place hummingbirds and swifts in the same taxonomic order, the Apodiformes. The name means “without feet,” which is certainly how these birds look most of the time.
4. Ruby-throated Hummingbirds prefer to feed on red or orange flowers (though it's not necessary to color the sugar water you put in a hummingbird feeder). Like many birds, hummingbirds have good color vision and can see into the ultraviolet spectrum, which humans can’t see.
5. Ruby-throated Hummingbirds normally place their nest on a branch of a deciduous or coniferous tree; however, these birds are accustomed to human habitation and have been known to nest on loops of chain, wire, and extension cords.
6. Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are eastern North America’s only breeding hummingbird. But in terms of area, this species occupies the largest breeding range of any North American hummingbird.
7. Male Ruby-throated Hummingbirds don’t stick around long. Pairs are together long enough for courtship and mating – just a matter of days to weeks. Then he’s off on his own, and may begin migration by early August.
8. The oldest known Ruby-throated Hummingbird was a female, and at least 9 years & a month old when she was recaptured and re-released during banding operations in West Virginia.

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July 17th, 2017

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