Monday, September 26, 2022

A baby hummingbird with antennas & 6 legs?


Last night a Hummingbird Moth visited our Sonoran Desert Balcony Garden & the following link is an 8 second video of an ultra cool experience that exemplifies an Improvatude moment that made me forget dinner was ready as I enjoyed its company for 30+ minutes as it dined on our beautiful purple Russian Sage.


Do you agree that a White-lined Sphinx Hummingbird Moth proboscis looks like the tongue of an anteater & an upside down noisemaker as it drinks nectar?


¡Pura Vida!

Friday, September 16, 2022

BALCONY GARDEN BIRDS


“I would like to paint the way a bird sings.” ― Claude Monet

I am horrible at painting but  my writing is flourishing as hummingbirds hover next to us, thanking us for the blossoming flowers that give them life!

“The bird dares to break the shell, then the shell breaks open & the bird can fly openly. This is the simplest principle of success. You dream, you dare & you fly.” ― Israelmore Ayivor


Enjoy beautiful artwork from WhatBird.com of the birds that have visited our Sonoran Desert Balcony Garden east of  S-cuk Ṣon overlooking Tanque Verde, the Santa Catalina Mountains & Babad Do’og.

BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRDS

BROAD-BILLED HUMMINGBIRDS

GOLDFINCHES 

GREAT HORNED OWLS

MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRDS 

RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD

STONE PIGEONS

WHITE-LINED SPHINX
HUMMINGBIRD MOTH

Wednesday, September 14, 2022

¡LOS COLIBRÍES EXCLUSIVOS DE COLOMBIA!

Hay 17 colibríes que solo se encuentran en un lugar del mundo... 

¡COLOMBIA!

Amazilia Capiazul

Amazilia Ventricastaña


Calzadito Admirable

Calzadito del Pinche

Chivito de Bogotá

Chivito del Nevado del Ruiz

Chivito de Santa Marta

Colibrí de Santa Marta

Colibrí Ventrizafiro

Esmeralda del Chiribiquete

Florido de Santa Marta

Florido de Tolima

Inca Coliblanco

Inca de Antioquía

Inca Negro

Piquicorto Dorsinegro




¡Los colibríes son absolutamente fascinantes y súper chevere!

No puedo caminar ni saltar.

Visitan más que mil flores diariamente.

Pesan menos de una moneda de 50 pesos.

Los huevos son el tamaño de un grano de café.

Los nidos son el tamaño de una moneda de 500 pesos.

Consume el doble de su peso corporal todos los días.

Vaten sus alas como un helicóptero de 12 a 80 latidos por segundo.

Los rebaños se llaman un brillo, un flotador, una melodía, o un ramo.

Beben néctar moviendo las lenguas dentro y fuera de la flor 13 veces por segundo.

Sepan cuánto tiempo tarda cada flor en rejuvenecer su néctar, de varios minutos a 24 horas.

El latido del corazón en vuelo es de hasta 53 latidos por segundo, lo que es 3,180 por minuto.

Hacen los nidos con seda de araña y otros recursos naturales que se expanden a medida que crecen los bebés.

Los colibríes vuelan y flotan como un helicóptero: hacían atrás o hacían adelante, hacían arriba o hacían abajo, e incluso al revés.

Si hace frío por la noche, entran en un estado de hibernación llamado torpor y su frecuencia cardíaca puede ser tan baja como 250 latidos por minuto.


Friday, August 19, 2022

Los Colibríes de Panamá

If you build it . . . they will come!


A vibrantly colorful hummingbird paradise will thrive with a few flowers & plants that have nutritious & sumptuous nectar as well as a water feature which will allow you to enjoy these fascinating creatures on a daily basis.


What hummingbirds live in Panamá?

Band-tailed Barbthroat

Black-bellied Hummingbird

Black-throated Mango

Blue-chested Hummingbird

Blue-headed Sapphire

Blue-throated Goldentail

Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer

Bronzy Hermit

Brown Violet-ear

Charming Hummingbird

Fiery-throated Hummingbird

Garden Emerald

Glow-throated Hummingbird

Gorgeted Woodstar

Gray-tailed Mountain-gem

Green-crowned Brilliant

Green-breasted Mango

Green-crowned Woodnymph

Green-fronted Lancebill

Green Hermit

Greenish Puffleg

Green Thorntail

Green Violet-ear

Long-billed Starthroat

Magenta-throated Woodstar

Magnificent Hummingbird

Pale-bellied Hermit

Purple-crowned Fairy

Purple-throated Mountain-gem

Purple-throated Woodstar

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Ruby-topaz Hummingbird

Rufous-breasted Hermit

Rufous-cheeked Hummingbird

Rufous-crested Coquette

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

Sapphire-throated Hummingbird

Scaly-breasted Hummingbird

Scintillant Hummingbird

Snowy-bellied Hummingbird

Snowcap

Stripe-tailed Hummingbird

Stripe-throated Hermit

Tooth-billed Hummingbird

Veraguan Mango

Violet-bellied Hummingbird

Violet-capped Hummingbird

Violet-crowned Woodnymph

Violet-headed Hummingbird

Violet Sabrewing

Volcano Hummingbird

Western Long-tailed Hermit

White-bellied Mountain-gem

White-crested Coquette

White-necked Jacobin

White-tailed Emerald

White-throated Mountain-gem

White-tipped Sicklebill

White-vented Plumeleteer

HUMMINGBIRDS FACTS

Can't walk or hop.

Weigh less than a nickel.

Egg is the size of a jellybean.

Nest is the size of a half dollar.

They visit 1,000+ flowers every day.

Consume double its body weight every day.

Drink nectar by moving tongue in & out 13 times per second. 

Know how long each flower takes to rejuvenate its nectar, from several minutes to 24 hours.

Flap their wings like a helicopter 12 to 80 beats per second.

Heartbeat in flight is up to 53 beats per second which is 3,180 per minute.

Flocks are called a bouquet, a glittering, a hover, a shimmer, or a tune.

Makes nest with spider silk & other natural resources which expand as babies grow.

At night they go into a hibernation state called torpor & their heart rate can be as low as 250 beats per minute.

Hummingbirds fly & hover like a helicopter: backward or forward, up or down, & even upside down!