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Ruby-throated Hummingbird (video)
Archilochus colubris
33.7748, -84.2963
Field Notes
Description:
Male and female have green upper parts, white breast and belly. The male has an iridescent red throat while the female is similar but white throat, not red. There are at least two different hummingbirds in the video. They appear to be females. You can see the tongue and the mouth open in a few scenes. Also you can see two flashes across the diagonal of the screen and at least two hummingbirds were "arguing" over the two feeders.
"They can hover in mid-air by rapidly flapping their wings 12–90 times per second (depending on the species). They are also the only group of birds able to fly backwards.[1] Their English "-Wikipedia
Notes:
I used the 4 parts water to 1 part sugar solution, no food coloring. The interesting thing is that when I used store bought solution it took the hummingbirds a few days to find the feeders. I put this solution out and within an hour, they found it.
The pictures are screen-shots from the video, which is several minutes edited down to one.
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