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Marie Read / Ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) male flies in to feed on nectar from Eastern red columbine flower (Aquilegia canadensis), Freeville, New York, USA, June.
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John Chan / Calliope hummingbird (Stellula calliope) chasing insects before returning to its perch, Southern California, USA, April.
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John Chan / Calliope hummingbird (Stellula calliope) extending its tongue after feeding, Southern California, USA, April.
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Morley Read / Slow motion shot of a Rufous tailed hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl) drinking nectar from a Heliconia flower, Mindo, Ecuador.
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Morley Read / Slow motion shot of a Violet tailed sylph hummingbird (Aglaiocercus coelestis) drinking nectar from a Heliconia flower, Mindo, Ecuador.
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Lucas Bustamante / Golden-Tailed Sapphire (Chrysuronia oenone) Sumaco National Park, Napo, Ecuador
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Lucas Bustamante / Green-crowned woodnymph (Thalaurania fannyi) Mashpi, Pichincha, Ecuador
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Lucas Bustamante / Sword-billed hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) Yanacocha, Pichincha, Ecuador
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John Shaw / Violet-tailed sylph hummingbird (Aglaiocercus coelestis) in flight, about to land. Ecuador, May.
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John Chan / Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) chick, sleeping in nest, Southern California, USA, March.
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Marie Read / Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilocus colubris), male flying in to feed from cardinal flowers (Lobelia cardinalis) New York, USA. August.
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John Chan / Female Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) incubating eggs, departs from nest momentarily to feed, Southern California, USA, March.