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Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna)

This is a female lacking the male's bright iridescent head colors but showing the long extensile whitish tongue used to extract nectar from flowers.
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Location
San Francisco, California, USA.
Date taken
20 March 2021
Scientific name
Calypte anna
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A fabulous capture of her and her long tongue, Joseph.
 
delia todd
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LOL I love that loooong tongue Joe.... you caught it nicely, didn't you.

A fabulous picture my friend. Well done lad.
 
sbarnhardt
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This image was used today, 23 March 2021, to help illustrate the Anna's Hummingbird article in Opus.

Thank you for your generous sharing of it! It is appreciated.

Barney
 

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Category
North America
Added by
jmorlan
Date added
View count
61
Comment count
5

Image metadata

Device
Canon Canon PowerShot SX70 HS
Aperture
ƒ/6.5
Focal length
247.0 mm
Exposure time
1/640
ISO
100
Filename
Anna'sHummingbirdIMG_1026.jpg
File size
146.6 KB
Date taken
Sat, 20 March 2021 11:26 AM
Dimensions
1024px x 823px

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