Posted by: atowhee | April 27, 2023

HUMMERS–COULD THERE BE ANYTHING ELSE AS BEAUTIFUL?

From Albert Ryckman’s Costa Rica gallery:

Above: White-throated Mountain Hummingbird, Lesser Violetear, Fiery-throated Hummingbird, Talamanca Hummingbird, Volcano Hummingbird./

Research has uncovered more about how hummingbirds use torpor. It is not a simple on or off switch. It is a complex set of activities and changes in metabolism, body temperature, etc. Click here for a summary of the study done on the hummers in Colombia’s Andes.

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  1. Da darn burds has (mostly) all done  flown away

    Harry

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    div>   Just drove down I-5 to our son’s place


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