Thursday, March 26, 2015

Thursday Challenge—"fast"


I found this little hummingbird near a feeder
in Mindo, in the cloud forest of Ecuador.
When it's hovering like this, its wings can beat
 from 50 to possibly even 200 times per second!

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5 comments:

  1. It's very impressive you even could snap it's picture as they are very fast indeed! Well done!

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  2. In dutch: kolibri. Nice bird.

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  3. Gosh, that's exquisite, dear Alexa. I'd love to see a hummingbird 'for real'.

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