Hummingbird Pictures Like You’ve Never Seen Before
Posted by Patrick on November 4th, 2007
Allow me to go off topic… just once. Recently one of my best friend and I, had the chance to rescue a hummingbird who went straight into our office window. The pictures were taken 3-4 weeks ago, but it’s only when I copied my SD card over to my PC and looked at the photos on my LCD that I realized how spectacular they were. I had to share.
We found Hummy lying on the grass. We couldn’t find any sign of external injuries, but he was clearly knocked out. We gently took him off the grass and the little guy showed no signs of fear.
As found on Wikipedia, Hummingbirds can flap their wings up to 80 times a second, that’s 4800 FPM (flaps per minute).
According to bestnest.com, there are over 300 species of hummingbirds but only 16 can be found in North America.
Depending on the angle, Hummy’s plumage appears completely different.
The name Hummingbird comes from the characteristic hum made by their wings.
After about 30 minutes, Hummy went back to his normal flapping life. Next post, back to normal programming.
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November 5th, 2007 at 3:52 am
WOW! Thank God he was alright. But what a stunner Hummie is. I can’t believe that he’s so small! I’ve always assumed that they were larger than that. How amazing it must have been to hold him.
November 5th, 2007 at 4:25 am
To be honest he was really knocked out when we took him off the grass. We were amazed by his size, he was VERY small. We spent roughly 30 minutes with him and instead of putting him back in the grass, where he would have been an easy target for predators, we gently put him on a window frame of our building, he was about 6 feet high. He stayed there another 15-30 minutes and then left. Happy ending story.
Thanks for your comment
PatBiz
November 5th, 2007 at 6:59 am
That is a big humming bird. Count your self fortunate being able to handle him like that. Most of us will never get that chance. Thanks for sharing bro.
November 5th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
Hi iRonious, thanks for commenting. Yeah, I definitely count myself fortunate for this. Most of the time it’s like seeing a shooting star… You rarely have the opportunity to take such a close look at this amazing bird.
Thanks again
PatBiz
November 10th, 2007 at 3:18 pm
Nice pics, I’ve personally saved at least 6 hummingbirds, quite a feeling to be able to hold one of the little buggars. Due to their high metabolism, most of them were somewhat fatigued trying to escape from an indoor area. Give a bit of sugar water and they’ll be flying again in seconds. Once, I found one on a sidewalk, didn’t have any sugar water handy, but did have a Mt. Dew. A few small sips and zippity doo dah, he was off like a bolt of lightning. Thanks for sharing the pics.
November 11th, 2007 at 4:05 am
Hi Ty, wow, you must living in a place where hummingbirds are everywhere!
Honestly, in the region of Montreal, I’d say I see 1-2 hummies per summer. I should have thought about the sugared water… Next time.
Thanks for sharing this.
PatBiz
November 19th, 2007 at 12:48 am
ITS SO SMALL & BEUTIFUL, IT MAKES ME ALL GITTY INSIDE. U DID A GOOD DEED .
December 14th, 2007 at 7:40 pm
OMG!!!
I am not trying to spam your blog, having just commented about Caroline Middlebrook.
However, the Hummingbird Headline Hooked My Eyeballs.
After reading it and enjoying the pictures and the previous comments, I glanced up to see your writers.
One of my bestest online friends is here!
Shout out to sharon Hurley Hall!
Okay, I go now …
Cheers,
Mitch
December 14th, 2007 at 7:41 pm
Hey Mitch
Nice to see you here. There’s some great stuff on this blog, but the hummingbird pics are unique.
December 16th, 2007 at 5:05 am
Hi Mitch
I’m glad to see that you like Sharon’s writing. Hey, you have all the reasons to become a frequent visitor or subscribe to our RSS feed
Patrick
December 17th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
Hi Patrick,
You bet!
I’ll be coming here as much as I can.
Cheers,
Mitch
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