Because they don't know the words!
Obviously.
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Tyrian metaltails |
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White-bellied woodstar - male |
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White-bellied woodstar - female |
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Chestnut-breasted coronet |
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Glowing puffleg |
Hummingbirds really do know the words, they just hum because they beat their wings so rapidly (12-80 times per second)!
All photos were taken Guango Lodge, at 2700m in the cloud forest on the eastern slope of the Andean Mountains in Ecuador.