Saturday, 15 December 2012

Why Do Hummingbirds Hum?

Because they don't know the words!
Obviously.

Tyrian metaltails

White-bellied woodstar - male

White-bellied woodstar - female

Chestnut-breasted coronet

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.
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4 comments:

  1. English Mum15 December 2012 at 12:25

    Ha!! Lovely x

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  2. Kate22 December 2012 at 21:20

    I've heard that one. But the images are superb, as always. Happy Christmas DBM!

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  3. Carolina31 December 2012 at 11:22

    Interesting spam above. Louboutin, the choice of footwear for every jungle expedition :-)

    Great photos and haha about the humming.

    Happy New Year,
    Carolina

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  4. Jay at The Depp Effect3 January 2013 at 05:28

    Beautiful pictures! I think I prefer the first explanation. The second is so pedestrian .. if such a word can be applied to flight!

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