Tuesday, December 31st, 2019

fatchance:
Anna’s hummingbird (Calypte anna) visiting yellow chuparose flowers (Justicia californica). At Tohono Chul, Tucson, Arizona.
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Wednesday, August 14th, 2019



emerald-of-the-eight:
Some beautiful Anna’s hummingbirds [Calypte anna] photographed by
Robin Agarwal in Santa Cruz, California.
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Monday, June 24th, 2019



debunkshy:
Anna’s Hummingbird
Tijuana Slough, CA
28 March 2019
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Monday, April 22nd, 2019
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Monday, April 22nd, 2019
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Sunday, April 21st, 2019
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Thursday, April 18th, 2019
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2019
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2019
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Monday, August 6th, 2018

anthropocenesketchbook:
Here’s the finished large hummingbird for @landconservancyslo. The impulse to overwork everything is much greater on these large paintings – I struggled to resist! #annashummingbird #calypteanna #sciart #blacklakecanyon #landconservancyslo
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Sunday, July 29th, 2018

anthropocenesketchbook:
From a giant hummingbird to a tiny one. This is for a series of species that will be featured in a Eco Hunt at a new playground at Kathleen’s Canyon Overlook at Black Lake Canyon Preserve. #blacklakecanyon #landconservancyslo @landconservancyslo #sciart #annashummingbird #calypteanna
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Wednesday, March 14th, 2018

dendroica:
Majority of Anna’s hummingbirds may have feather mites on their tail feathers
Hummingbirds are known to host a diversity of feather mites, but this relationship is not well-understood. In particular, mite distribution in situ has not been previously studied. The authors of the present study examined 753 hummingbirds of five species from urban locations in California: Anna’s, Allen’s, Black-chinned, Calliope and Rufous Hummingbirds. They documented the presence of the feather mite Proctophyllodes huitzilopochtlii on tail flight feathers.
The researchers found that feather mites were present on the tail flight feathers of nearly 60 percent of Anna’s hummingbirds, but less than 10 percent of the other species. Across all the species, the mite was more prevalent on the tail feathers of males (44.9 percent) than on those of females (36.2 percent), possibly because of the nesting habits of females.
The authors used tabletop scanning electron microscopy to analyze individual feathers, building a detailed 3D picture of the distribution of live mites in situ. They found that there tended to be more mites on the hummingbirds’ outer tail feathers than inner, and saw that mites often nestled between the barbs of individual feathers, sometimes in high numbers.
The authors state that their study provides the first prevalence and distribution information for these feather mites on both Anna’s and Black-chinned Hummingbirds. This is especially important given that Anna’s Hummingbirds co-reside seasonally with other hummingbird species, with the potential for spread of mites.
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Thursday, January 25th, 2018
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Wednesday, October 18th, 2017
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Wednesday, September 27th, 2017
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