Little wings

September 14, 2025

Perching Calliope hummingbird, flashing its tail feathers

Natural aviators, by the ounce

What the Calliope hummingbird lacks in size it makes up for in assertiveness. They’re so tiny (a tenth of an ounce) that it takes younger eyes than mine to pick them out in the sky. Unless, as if often the case, they’re snapping at me because (at least in their view) …