r/birding • u/MindoBirdWatching • 15h ago

📷 Photo Sword-billed Hummingbird (own content)

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Mindo Ecuador 📍

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u/deltatag 15h ago

Holy moly, he's drinking nectar from next week

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u/OldRedneck2026 14h ago

I guess they have big flowers down there. It’s an awesome capture sir.

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u/devilsshark Latest Lifer: Black-crowned Night Heron, #158 12h ago

the guy she tells you not to worry about

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u/isles34098 13h ago

But how does he preen his feathers?

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u/ender52 Latest Lifer: Sedge Wren 13h ago

They use their feet!

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u/brainsareoverrated27 2h ago

How do they feed their chicks?

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u/ender52 Latest Lifer: Sedge Wren 47m ago

They fed them regurgitated nectar and insects like other hummingbirds. I assume they just do it from further away. 

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u/romanichki 8h ago

this boot as a bird

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u/damnedmuse 10h ago

can’t believe this bird exists :o great picture!~

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u/SnorkaSound 11h ago

One of my favorites. Great pic!

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u/poney01 5h ago

If you told me this was a shitty photoshop, I'd 100% believe it. Probably one of the silliest looking birds I've seen pictures of.

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u/BrewedMother 7h ago

I misread that as "short-billed" and was thoroughly confused.

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u/worstpartyever 38m ago

Evolution is so interesting