Green Violetear Hummingbird Crewneck Sweatshirt

Green Violetear Hummingbird, Colibri thalassinus, coming in to feed, La Savegre, Costa Rica. Canon 6D, zoom lens. (Featured in The Power of Photography, & Other Groups.) Hummingbird characterists in brief: very light and small; stubby body, long wings and long, narrow bill; the bill is extremely long and thin compared to the bird’s overall size, and it is used as a tube for the bird to lick nectar from flowers; wings are long, narrow and tapered to give it better agility in the air; the shoulder and elbow joints of the wing are very close to the body, which allows each wing to pivot and tilt - this is critical for a hummingbird’s ability to change flight directions and hover; they have very tiny legs and feet; so small, in fact, that ...