https://www.23hq.com/tag/rufous hummingbird en-us 23people http://www.23hq.com/resources/um-style/logo-20.gif http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss https://www.23hq.com/rss/tag/rufous hummingbird false https://www.23hq.com/mramshaw/photo/16275800 <p><a href="https://www.23hq.com/mramshaw/photo/16275800"><img src="https://www.23hq.com/16171062/16275800_2224e29dbe3d5cdf28c0300d27e70cb4_standard.jpg" width="460" height="460" class="23-standard"/></a></p><p>One for @hansung - I processed this but am not entirely happy with it, so feel free to critique my processing!</p> <p>male - not technically a bee (Bees were introduced to North America by the Spanish in the 1700's), but an example of convergent evolution and an important pollinator nevertheless</p> <p>From Wikipedia (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufous_hummingbird">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufous_hummingbird</a>):<br /> <br /> -- small hummingbird, about 8 cm long (3 inches) with a long, straight and very slender bill.<br /> -- These birds are known for their incredible flight skills. Some are known to fly 2,000 miles<br /> -- during their migratory transits.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px;">I can tell you that they are pretty aggressive in early Spring and will attack anything (including buzzing<br /> any nosy photographers, that's a nasty little bill to see coming at your eyes). Their rolling dogfights with<br /> the resident Anna's Hummingbirds are really impressive!</p><p>Photo by <a href="https://www.23hq.com/mramshaw/">mramshaw</a></p> https://www.23hq.com/mramshaw/photo/16275800 Tue, 27 May 2014 18:00:33 GMT