Friday, August 30, 2019

Contest: Who can take the worst photo of a hummingbird









It's August already, so they're gearing up for their flight.

Where will they go?

Click here to find out.

  • Hummingbird Anatomy
    The anatomy of the Hummingbird is very fascinating. Even though they are extremely small creatures you don’t want to count them out.
  • Hummingbird Habitat
    You will only find Hummingbirds living in South and North America. There are several species found in areas of Alaska.
  • Hummingbird Reproduction
    Mating is a very interesting time to observe the behaviors of the Hummingbird. Most species are mature when they are just a few months old.
  • Hummingbird Feeding
    It is very interesting to watch the Hummingbird feed. They will eat up to 8 times per hour. However, each feeding session is only going to last from 30 seconds to 1 minute at a time.
  • Hummingbird Predators
    Hummingbirds don’t have much protection in the wild. They are able to fly quickly and they often blend into their surroundings.
  • Hummingbirds are birds native to the Americas and constitute the biological family Trochilidae. They are the smallest of birds, most species measuring 7.5–13 cm (3–5 in) in length. The smallest extant bird species is the 5 cm (2.0 in) bee hummingbird, which weighs less than 2.0 g (0.07 oz).
    They are known as hummingbirds because of the humming sound created by their beating wingswhich flap at high frequencies audible to humans. They hover in mid-air at rapid wing-flapping rates, which vary from around 12 beats per second in the largest species, to in excess of 80 in some of the smallest. Of those species that have been measured in wind tunnels, their top speed exceeds 15 m/s (54 km/h; 34 mph) and some species can dive at speeds in excess of 22 m/s (79 km/h; 49 mph).[1][2]
    Hummingbirds have the greatest mass-specific metabolic rate of any homeothermic animal.[3] To conserve energy when food is scarce, and nightly when not foraging, they can go into torpor, a state similar to hibernation, slowing metabolic rate to 1/15th of its normal rate.[4]
  • Oh, I HATE that bullet point.
  • What a breakfast I had. In my lamb fat I sauteed mushrooms, spinach, cheese, zucchini and ate it while watching THE GOOD PLACE, a hilarious but tiresome TV show.
  • Ted Danson starred - not to be confused with Ted Bundy, who I watched on Mindhunters which mercifully ended.
  • Last night I watched a new production of Verdi's La Traviata with commentary afterward as well as rehearsals. 
Diana - it took forever to die - but with the Maestro's help it was an incredible moving experience.

Ah, the bullet went away.

You know what? It is not unthinkable to throw out my lamb meat!





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