View allAll Photos Tagged Hummingbird
This collection of hummingbirds I captured in New Brunswick, Canada at the Scenic View Campground by the Head of Millstream
Hummingbirds are birds that comprise the family Trochilidae. They are among the smallest of birds, most species measuring in the 7.5–13 cm (3–5 in) range. Indeed, the smallest extant bird species is a hummingbird, the 5-cm Bee Hummingbird. They can hover in mid-air by rapidly flapping their wings 12–80 times per second (depending on the species). They are known as hummingbirds because of the humming sound created by their beating wings, which sometimes sound like bees or other insects.
Resting during nest building. Some spiders' silk, that didn't make it into her nest, can be seen plastered to her feathers.
The picture of this Buff-breasted Hummingbird was taken at the Edinburg Scenic Wetlands in Edinburg, Texas.