hummingbirds
Tiny hovering pollinators
Hummingbirds are tiny, brightly colored birds of the Americas known for their ability to hover in place by beating their wings rapidly—fast enough to produce the humming sound that gives them their name.
They feed on flower nectar, their long bills adapted to reach deep into blossoms.
The hummingbirds returned to the feeder in early spring.
Floral sugar water
- hoveringSuspended without support
- metabolismCellular nutrient conversion
- heartbeatRhythmic cardiac contraction
- torporInactive, sluggish state
pollination · wingbeat · migration · iridescence · territorial · feathers · bill · tongue
Source of input
- sugar waterDissolved sweetener in liquid
- trumpet vineFlowering climbing plant
- salviaMint-family genus, some hallucinogenic
- fuchsiaVivid purplish-red hue
bee balm · columbine · honeysuckle · petunias · red flowers · native plants · attracting · backyard
nectar
Floral sugar water
- hoveringSuspended without support
- metabolismCellular nutrient conversion
- heartbeatRhythmic cardiac contraction
torpor · pollination · wingbeat · migration · iridescence · territorial · feathers · bill · tongue · eggs
feeder
Source of input
- sugar waterDissolved sweetener in liquid
- trumpet vineFlowering climbing plant
- salviaMint-family genus, some hallucinogenic
fuchsia · bee balm · columbine · honeysuckle · petunias · red flowers · native plants · attracting · backyard · perennial
identification
Establishing who someone is
- field guidePortable species identification manual
- photographyCreating images from light
- backyardOutdoor space behind home
sighting · species · behavior · perch · chase · dive · display · courtship · call · chirp
joy
Intense positive emotion
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- lightnessMinimal weight or gravity
- energyPower to do work
spirit · messenger · good luck · love · beauty · freedom · endurance · hope · agility · playfulness
- pollinatorsbees, bee, butterflies, butterfly, bumblebee
- rainforest lifetoucans, orangutans, macaws, sloths, parrots
- tropical rainforestAmazon rainforest, rainforest canopy, tropical forests, sloths, howler monkeys
- airborne lifedragonflies, gnats, mayflies, midges, bats
- hoverersdragonflies, helicopters, drones, quadcopters, bees
- Apodiformesswifts, swiftlet, swift, hermit, coquette
hummingbirdsostriches
Largest living birds
flightless birds · moas · emus · cassowaries · penguins
hummingbirdsnightingales
Birds with legendary songs
mockingbirds · thrushes · canaries · skylarks · wrens
- hummingbird feederDevice dispensing sugar water
- hummingbird cakeFruited Southern layer cake
- hummingbird nestTiny woven bird dwelling
- hummingbird mothBird-mimicking day-flying moth
- ruby-throated hummingbirdScarlet-necked American nectar feeder