Thread by @RosemaryMosco, Long day. Here's a comforting thread of strange and wonderful hummingbirds. There [...]

Rosemary Mosco (Bird And Moon)

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Long day. Here& #39;s a comforting thread of strange and wonderful hummingbirds.

There are a bunch of hummingbirds called Pufflegs and I couldn& #39;t be happier about it. This is a golden-breasted puffleg.

Both pics by Doug Greenberg (CC BY-NC 2.0) https://www.flickr.com/photos/dagberg/ ">https://www.flickr.com/photos/da...

Sword-billed hummingbird. Sorry, no armor in the world can protect... your heart

Pic by ryanacandee (CC BY 2.0) https://www.flickr.com/photos/31267353@N03/29885928946">https://www.flickr.com/photos/31...

Maybe you like hummingbirds so much that you wish they had even tinier hummingbirds as hats. If so, the Horned Sungem is for you https://www.flickr.com/photos/101563641@N03/32024962094">https://www.flickr.com/photos/10...

Heliactin bilophus - CEG_9772

Heliactin bilophus - (Temminck, 1820) Horned Sungem Chifre-de-ouro

https://www.flickr.com/photos/101563641@N03/32024962094

Spatulas: they& #39;re not just for pancakes. This is the Marvelous Spatuletail, endangered, from Peru, sporting a pair of gleaming yet functional tail-spatulas

Pic by David Cook (CC BY-NC 2.0) https://www.flickr.com/photos/kookr/3787908501">https://www.flickr.com/photos/ko...

Giant Hummingbird. A large small friend.

Pic by Pablo Caceres Contreras (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) https://www.flickr.com/photos/pablocaceres/6118047454">https://www.flickr.com/photos/pa...

What& #39;s more intimidating to your foes than two tiny purple ear tufts that you can raise at will? Nothing, Brown Violetear. Nothing at all.

Pic by Steve Valasek (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) https://www.flickr.com/photos/steve_valasek/48135253317">https://www.flickr.com/photos/st...

hnnnnngh yes this is the Crimson Topaz, YES VERY GOOD

Pic by Allan Hopkins (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) https://www.flickr.com/photos/hoppy1951/8283783077">https://www.flickr.com/photos/ho...

Puffy legs AND weird tail thingers? Oh, you shouldn& #39;t have. Really. I can& #39;t possibly accept this. I& #39;m overwhelmed.

Booted Racket-tail, Pic by Doug Greenberg (CC BY-NC 2.0) https://www.flickr.com/photos/dagberg/40006930560/">https://www.flickr.com/photos/da...

And finally, the Shining Sunbeam, an earth-toned bird that carries a little backpack of sunbeams wherever it goes.

Pic by Doug Greenberg (CC BY-NC 2.0) https://www.flickr.com/photos/dagberg/40736026585">https://www.flickr.com/photos/da...

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