The Hummer and the Butterfly Bush
by Darren Fisher
Title
The Hummer and the Butterfly Bush
Artist
Darren Fisher
Medium
Photograph - Photography/ Digital Art
Description
A beautiful Rufous humming bird along with white blooms of a butterfly bush on a Summers day. The image was photographed with a shallow depth of field to blur out the background. I then added a painterly effect and texture to give the image the look of a painting.
The adult male, (shown in the photo), has a white breast, rufous face, upperparts, flanks and tail and an iridescent orange-red throat patch (gorget). Some males have some green on back and/or crown. The female has green upperparts with some white, some iridescent orange feathers in the center of the throat, and a dark tail with white tips and rufous base. Females and the rare green-backed males are extremely difficult to differentiate from Allen's Hummingbird. This is a typical-sized hummingbird, being a very small bird. It weighs 2�5 g (0.071�0.18 oz), measures 7�9 cm (2.8�3.5 in) long and spans 11 cm (4.3 in) across the wings.[2]
They feed on nectar from flowers using a long extendible tongue or catch insects on the wing. These birds require frequent feeding while active during the day and become torpid at night to conserve energy.
Because of their small size, they are vulnerable to insect-eating birds and animals.
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June 17th, 2013
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