Wildlife & Related

[Bailey Guns]

The dragonfly photo is amazing! Almost as pretty as Irving's poop.

[hurley842002]

The dragonfly photo is amazing! Almost as pretty as Irving's poop.

LOL! We thought the dragonfly was dead/frozen, as he was tucked away in the fabric shown in the photo, when I went to pull his "tail" out, he started moving (albeit very slowly). I'm certain this little guy was nearing the end of his days, but he allowed for a good shot. All of the wildlife including the bird were really slow, I guess everything is about ready to freeze over.

[waffles]

Planned to go to the Tetons but turns out it was all on fire








So I decided to press on to Yellowstone, though I had to go west through Idaho (which owns btw) as the road to the south entrance was closed due to fire.


Turns out Yellowstone is fucking cool, man

[rondog]

A handsome male Black-chinned Hummingbird. Note the eyelashes, actually comprised of tiny feathers which protect the eye.



Here's an adult female Rufous Hummingbird, on her southbound migration from Alaska to Mexico for the winter.





Hummer
aka the Hummingbird Tactician

How the HELL did you catch hummingbirds???

[Hummer]

How the HELL did you catch hummingbirds???

Verrry carefully, with mist nets and traps around flowers and feeders in the gardens. And, with the appropriate federal and state research permits. We have banded 12K+ hummingbirds of 12 species in six states and have discovered new aspects of hummingbird biology, added two new species to the CO state list and might soon tally the 500th species to the official list of Colorado birds. High drama in the ornithology world.

[Bailey Guns]

Thanks for taking us along on your trip thru Yellowstone, waffles. Gorgeous.

[HoneyBadger]

Thanks for taking us along on your trip thru Yellowstone, waffles. Gorgeous.

Yeah. Wow. Stunning pictures!

[waffles]

Thanks! I'm really glad I took a break in spending on guns to buy a nice camera haha

[Great-Kazoo]

Verrry carefully, with mist nets and traps around flowers and feeders in the gardens. And, with the appropriate federal and state research permits. We have banded 12K+ hummingbirds of 12 species in six states and have discovered new aspects of hummingbird biology, added two new species to the CO state list and might soon tally the 500th species to the official list of Colorado birds. High drama in the ornithology world.

I have an old book with 500+ different hummingbirds. They're almost like snowflakes, so small yet so different.

[Hummer]

I have an old book with 500+ different hummingbirds. They're almost like snowflakes, so small yet so different.

They are amazing animals, like us in so many ways and with most of the same organs. But proportionate to their size, hummingbirds have the largest brain, heart, lungs, breast muscles, kidneys and liver of any animal on earth. They've fascinated me since childhood.

A 4-gram hummingbird has a basic metabolic rate of 1,400 calories per kilogram. If a man had as high a weight-specific metabolic rate his daily intake of food would be about twice his body weight. Also, his temperature would be over 750 degrees Fahrenheit and he would use up to 155,000 calories per day. If a hummer weighed as much as us, we would be a tender little morsel for them.