Feeding and collecting pollen
This Female Annas hummingbird (Calypte anna ) is feeding on the nectar in these wild Chuperosa flowers (Justicia californica). At the same time, we can see that it is collecting a lot of yellow pollen on its forehead and inadvertently fertilizing other Chuperosa plants
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Feeding and collecting pollen
This Female Annas hummingbird (Calypte anna ) is feeding on the nectar in these wild Chuperosa flowers (Justicia californica). At the same time, we can see that it is collecting a lot of yellow pollen on its forehead and inadvertently fertilizing other Chuperosa plants
Image - Copyright 2022 Alan Vernon.
290
views
8
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Uploaded on March 13, 2022
Taken on March 8, 2022