Green Violetear Hummingbird Magnet

Green Violetear Hummingbird, Colibri thalassinus, coming in to feed, La Savegre, Costa Rica. Canon 6D, zoom lens. (Featured in The Power of Photography, and 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, tha...