Robert HardingHummingbirds are among the world’s smallest birds, which hover in the air by beating their wings around 50 times a second. When food is scarce they conserve energy by slowing their heartbeats from a super speedy 1000 beats per minute to as low as 50.
Fork-tailed wood nymph hummingbird, Thalurania furcata, Vilcabamba, Peru
Booted Racket-tail female in flight feeding from ginger flower in rainforest, Mindo, Ecuador
White-necked Jacobin foraging in flight, Costa Rica
Hummingbird in flight, Jamaica
Male Broad-billed Hummingbird