Selasphorus platycerus

Posted 12 September 2016 by

Photograph by Vivian Dullien. Photography contest, finalist.
Selasphorus platycerus -- broad-tailed hummingbird, male.

3 Comments

https://me.yahoo.com/a/JxVN0eQFqtmgoY7wC1cZM44ET_iAanxHQmLgYgX_Zhn8#57cad · 12 September 2016

Cute, and very pointy.

Glen Davidson

DavidK · 12 September 2016

I saw my first hummingbird in my back yard the other day. I'd never seen one before. I looked them up, e.g., wikipedia, to inquire as to what they eat as I heard that they don't just drink nectar. Their beaks do open so they also eat flying insects and spiders. Interesting.

Henry Skinner · 3 October 2016

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