shawnhnichols:2/11/21 | lacey, washington
Thursday, March 4th, 20212/11/21 | lacey, washington
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fatchance:Anna’s hummingbird (Calypte anna) visiting yellow…
Tuesday, December 31st, 2019Anna’s hummingbird (Calypte anna) visiting yellow chuparose flowers (Justicia californica). At Tohono Chul, Tucson, Arizona.
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emerald-of-the-eight:Some beautiful Anna’s hummingbirds [Calypte…
Wednesday, August 14th, 2019Some beautiful Anna’s hummingbirds [Calypte anna] photographed by
Robin Agarwal in Santa Cruz, California.
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debunkshy: Anna’s HummingbirdTijuana Slough, CA28 March 2019
Monday, June 24th, 2019Anna’s Hummingbird
Tijuana Slough, CA
28 March 2019
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greenandflex: Anna
Monday, April 22nd, 2019hiimlesphotos: Various Colors
Monday, April 22nd, 2019greenandflex: Anna
Sunday, April 21st, 2019hiimlesphotos: Various Colors
Thursday, April 18th, 2019greenandflex:Anna
Wednesday, January 16th, 2019greenandflex:Anna
Wednesday, January 16th, 2019Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte anna)Santa Monica Creek, 2018-11-01
Thursday, November 1st, 2018Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Santa Monica Creek, 2018-11-01
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Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte anna) and Honey Bee (Apis…
Saturday, October 27th, 2018Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte anna) and Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Gobernador Canyon Road, 2018-10-26
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anthropocenesketchbook: Here’s the finished large hummingbird…
Monday, August 6th, 2018Here’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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anthropocenesketchbook:From a giant hummingbird to a tiny one. …
Sunday, July 29th, 2018From 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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dendroica: Majority of Anna’s hummingbirds may have feather…
Wednesday, March 14th, 2018Majority 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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