Torch Lilies (Red Hot Pokers) Are Not True Lilies
Female rufous hummingbird
COURTESY DALYA HANSEN
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Rufous Hummingbird
Photographed by Elijah Gildea
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SPOOKY SEASON MEANS BIRD WITCH TIME
My annual bird witch comms are open on my Ko-Fi <3
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lady rufous hummingbird study (I got possessed by miles morales midway through)
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rufous hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) by Mason Maron
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Anna's Hummingbird by Kip Hutchison
Via Flickr:
Measurements Both Sexes Length: 3.9 in (10 cm) Weight: 0.1-0.2 oz (3-6 g) Wingspan: 4.7 in (12 cm Anna’s Hummingbirds are mostly green and gray, without any rufous or orange marks on the body. The male's head and throat are covered in iridescent reddish-pink feathers that can look dull brown or gray without direct sunlight. Anna’s Hummingbirds are a blur of motion as they hover before flowers looking for nectar and insects. Listen for the male's scratchy metallic song and look for him perched above head level in trees and shrubs.
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"Little Winged Warrior"
British Columbia, Canada.
"What they lack in size they make up for in feistiness! Rufous hummingbirds (Selasphorus rufus) are notorious for their relentless attacks on both flowers and other hummingbirds, but here we get to see a moment of pause during flight. This unusual perspective allows us to see a softer side of this finger-lengthed, yet mighty, species."
By Robert Dodson
BigPicture Natural World photography competition
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9.5-1 by Henry
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Anna’s hummingbird
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Banding season has started again!
Today I want to share these little migrating orbs - Rufous hummingbirds! They have the longest migration relative to their body size of any bird, from Mexico to Canada and Alaska. I used to see them in Anchorage AK in summer which makes seeing them here extra special for me. (It’s probably not the same birds, since iirc some of our banded birds have been caught in British Columbia and hummingbirds are INCREDIBLY site-loyal in migration.).
And yes, there are birds who travel further, but not birds that are just under 3 grams normally. I say normally because they chonk up when they’re migrating; in fact there’s a bit of a reputation for being tyrants at feeders they stop at along the way… which is a lot more understandable when you realize how far the little guys have to go and how TINY they are.
All of these had fat, and some of them were a little over 4 grams - not my site record for Migration Chonk, but enough to be good to see, since it means they’re a lot more likely to make it healthy!
(My record is a six gram black chin male. Average non-migration weight for one is 2.8 or so grams. He looked like a flying golf ball.).
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