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#hummingbirds

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Lukas VFN 🇪🇺

#Hummingbird chick acts like a #caterpillar to survive
phys.org/news/2025-03-hummingb

"Unlike most #hummingbirds, the jacobin chick was covered in long brown feathers... they saw a predatory #wasp approach the chick when the mother was away. As the wasp hovered above the nest, the chick started to twitch its body vigorously, swinging its head from side to side. A few seconds later, the wasp flew away... many #caterpillars in this region have similar-looking brown hairs that can give painful stings"

A small bird nest with one egg and one fluffy chick
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Lukas VFN 🇪🇺

Hummingbirds in Andes Mountains found nesting in colonies, defying norms phys.org/news/2025-03-hummingb paper: academic.oup.com/auk/advance-a

"#Hummingbirds are often highly aggressive and territorial, but in the tough terrains of the #Andes Mountains, researchers found a species of #hummingbird is living cohesively with its peers... They live in a very harsh environment above the tree line... they may get easier access to mates and food resources by an exchange of information between members of a colony."

photo of a small bird with a long beak sitting on a blooming bush
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Mike

Small good thing, I was worried the feeder was empty, I can't really see the basin, and it was too slick to climb up and fill it, but the birds are still sipping their chilled nectar. I'll have to get it together in the morning. I've always thought changing that thing would be how I died, I stand on a bucket and kind of lean over the two story railing, and reach way up. Nothin to it 😆

#hummingbirds
#birds

Photo of a blurry hummingbird sipping nectar from a hanging feeder
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Omilen
I have always liked small, compact cameras, to carry in a pocket and be able to capture that moment that catches my attention, save it, freeze it in an image, and then, as time passes, look at it again and return to that fleeting moment that passed and was saved in an image, like this photo of a small hummingbird that I took on San Cristóbal Hill, in Santiago de Chile with a SONY DSC-WX350. This small hummingbird is the southernmost in America, a species native to Chile and Argentina.
#NaturePhotography #ParqueMet #Birds #Hummingbirds #Natives #Chile #Memories #HappyMoments #Wildlife
A photo of a small hummingbird with a white post-ocular spot. Its throat is green with small shiny bronze spots; above it is green with a bronze shine and below it is grayish green. The flanks and tail are bronze green. The beak is straight and black, it is a native species of Chile and Argentina. It is standing among the flowers of the candelabra aloe. The flowers are clusters of 20-30 cm, narrowly conical, where the scarlet orange flowers are gathered. They grow erect, and then droop downwards until they open.
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