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Slender Sheartail

Doricha enicura

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Field Notes

Description:

Fast moving, very green, long-tailed hummingbird with a great fluorescent patch on it's throat. It seemed to have a taste for every flower in the small garden.

Habitat:

This hummingbird, and many others, knew exactly which little enclosed patio to drop in on for a feast of nectar - in the middle of a sizeable Guatemalan city on the lower slopes of a volcano. After a few minutes it was time to move on again, and I have no idea whence it headed.

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Slender Sheartail

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Comments (5)
ceherzog
Great looking bird...I've never seen hummingbirds use the Golden Shrimp Plant..learned something there!
Curator of Good
Thanks! This is one of those pictures that I loved but was disappointed with because I kept thinking, "If only I could catch the wings in still motion." Now I have a better camera, and I will be on the hunt for another Sheartail next time I'm in Guatemala.

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WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
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2011 Best Wildlife Photo
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PublishedNovember 11, 2011

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