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) …
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