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(68,644 posts)Demeter
(85,373 posts)livetohike
(22,124 posts)superpatriotman
(6,247 posts)So homely, yet so beautiful!
Capt.Rocky300
(1,005 posts)We should be doing chores but who can resist this show.
secondwind
(16,903 posts)calimary
(81,139 posts)This is GREAT!!!! THANK YOU for posting this, elleng!
I did a report on hummingbirds in grade school. I remember reading how their eggs were the size of peas. Phenomenal, magical creatures!
elleng
(130,773 posts)Great that you did a report, calimary.
calimary
(81,139 posts)elleng
(130,773 posts)Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)Wow. Great picture.
life long demo
(1,113 posts)I have never seen a hummingbird up close like that. Amazing.
another_liberal
(8,821 posts)What a beautiful, magical creature.
elleng
(130,773 posts)WAITING!
secondvariety
(1,245 posts)The rose thorn looks huge next to it.
calimary
(81,139 posts)If you leave the sound up, you can hear the thrumming of the mama hummingbird's wings when she arrives with another feeding to deliver. So teeny! That nest must be about the diameter of a quarter.
Amazing! Little creatures like this always kinda renew my faith. It's like the jewel-tone dragonflies I see in the pond out back on hot sunny days. It makes me think that if the ecosystem can still support delicate magical little creatures like these, maybe our planet isn't lost yet.
beac
(9,992 posts)Watched her hatchlings a couple of years ago. Glad to have found her again.