Drinking Nectar is a Meditative Experience
by Judi Dressler
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Drinking Nectar is a Meditative Experience
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Judi Dressler
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Photograph - Photography
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Immature or female Broad-tailed Hummingbird drinking nectar. The closed eyes seem to imply a meditative moment as she gently sips nectar from the flower. I can't claim that hummingbirds actually meditate(!), but perhaps they, like us, enjoy peaceful moments when life seems perfect.
A jewel of high mountain meadows, male broad-tailed hummingbirds fill the summer air with a loud, metallic trills as they fly. The birds are seen easily at masses of flowers in the high meadows, where they hover and dart around the blossoms, often fighting and chasing each other away from choice patches. As they migrate during spring and fall, they access flowers and feeders at lower altitudes. Hummingbirds breed at elevations up to 10,500 feet where nighttime temperatures regularly plunge below freezing. To make it through a cold night, they slow their heart rate and drop their body temperature, entering a state of torpor. As soon as the sun comes up, displaying males show off their rose-magenta throats while performing spectacular dives. After attracting a mate, females raise the young on their own.
Photo taken on August 18, 2020, in Highlands Ranch, CO
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Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 Views on One Image Group's Special Features Nominations For Promotion #23 . Please help your fellow artists by visiting and passing on the love to another artist in the the 1000 Views on One Image Group....L/F/Tw
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group ..... Feel free to place your featured image in the Features Archive and any Genre specific Archive l/f/p
Morris Finkelstein
Fabulous close up photograph of a Broad Tailed Hummingbird collecting nectar! F/L
Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet
Judy Duncan
Thought this was a great shot and then I see that lots of others feel the same way! Congrat's on your image being featured!
Judi Dressler
Thank you for featuring this image in your group, Wildlife One-A-Day, on 8/26/20, Mariola!
Judi Dressler
Thank you for featuring this image in your group, A Woman's Touch, on 8/29/20, Brooks!
Dawn Currie
Thank you for submitting this fine image of this identified wild bird. It is now featured on the homepage of Wild Birds Of The World - A Nature Photography Group. Please take a moment to add it to the 2020 Thanks and Features Archive discussion for additional visibility.