In honor of #NationalHummingbirdDay, a story:

I noticed two hummingbirds fighting over the one feeder (which is a hilarious sight, tbh) so I unearthed another feeder & put it out thirty feet away.

The next day they were fighting over the SECOND FEEDER. 🤣On the third day they were each on separate feeders, quite contentedly.

I later sat out on the porch, which faces away from the feeders, & one of the hummies zoomed all the way over to hover in front of me briefly, as if to say thank you! ❤️

Yesterday was #InternationalPrimateDay, today is #NationalHummingbirdDay and #Caturday, so...

Frida Kahlo (Mexican, 1907–1954), Untitled [Self-portrait with thorn necklace and hummingbird], 1940. Oil on canvas mounted to board. Nickolas Muray Collection of Mexican Art, 66.6

#BookRecommendation for #NationalHummingbirdDay: The Family of #Hummingbirds: The Complete Prints of John Gould https://amzn.to/3P5RjCO via #AmazonAssociates

From the blog:
ANIMAL ART OF THE DAY for #NationalHummingbirdDay : Europe’s first #hummingbirds?https://arthistoryanimalia.com/2022/09/03/animal-art-of-the-day-for-national-hummingbird-day-europes-first-hummingbirds/
📷 Hummingbirds, Giovanni da Udine (Italian, 1487-1564), detail from Pillar XI of the Raphael Rooms, Vatican Loggia, c. 1517-19

#NationalHummingbirdDay :
Ernst Haeckel
Trochilidae - #Hummingbirds
Pl.99, Kunstformen der Natur (1899-1904)
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47388491#page/531/mode/1up
1 Male Ruby-throated Hummingbird
2 Male Horned Sungem
3 Male Crimson Topaz
4 Male Red-tailed Comet
5 Male Tufted Coquette
6 Male Sword-billed Hummingbird
7 Buff-tailed Sicklebill
8 Male Dot-eared Coquette
9 Male White-vented Violetear
10 Male Hooded Visorbearer
11 Female Juan Fernández Firecrown
12 Male Booted Racket-tail

So far, this is the only hummingbird I've managed to catch in flight. This Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) was just leaving some Blackberry flowers it was scrutinizing when I made this photo.

For #NationalHummingbirdDay

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As some of you know, today is National Hummingbird Day, conveniently scheduled for my birthday this year. So here is another hummingbird, a male Green-crowned Brilliant, from the hummingbird hotspot of the western Andes of Ecuador.

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