Frequent Flyer 3
by Venetia Featherstone-Witty
Title
Frequent Flyer 3
Artist
Venetia Featherstone-Witty
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
Hummingbirds are birds from the Americas that constitute the family Trochilidae. They are among the smallest of birds, most species measuring 7.5 to 13 cm (3 to 5 in). Indeed, the smallest extant (not extinct) bird species is a hummingbird, the 5-cm bee hummingbird weighing less than 2.5 g.
They are known as hummingbirds because of the humming sound created by their beating wings which flap at high frequencies audible to humans. They hover in mid-air at rapid wing-flapping rates, typically around 50 times per second, allowing them also to fly at speeds exceeding 15 m/s (54 km/h; 34 mph).
Hummingbirds have the highest metabolism of any homeothermic animal. To conserve energy when food is scarce, and nightly when not foraging, they go into torpor, a state similar to hibernation, slowing metabolic rate to 1/15th of its normal rate.
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April 20th, 2017
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Comments (34)
Gary F Richards
Spectacular Frequent Flyer 3 composition, lighting, shading, stunning colors and artwork! Congratulations on your very deserving features! F/L
Dylyce Clarke
Congratulations, your picture has been FEATURED on the home page in the group WONDER OF WINGS on November 8, 2023. You are invited to add this featured image to the group discussion page "FEATURES ARCHIVE SEPT-DEC 2023.”
Pamela Williams
Congratulations! ♥️ Your work has received a SPECIAL ELITE FEATURE & been showcased on the homepage of the aRt diStrIct! You are invited to archive your work in the 2023 ELITE SPECIAL feature discussion thread. BRAVO! #motion #AYearForArt
Venetia Featherstone-Witty
Thank you very much Karen for all the compliments and the likes and faves!
Anita Faye
Venetia, delightfully dining capture! Featured on Poetic Poultry! https://fineartamerica.com/groups/poetic-poultry-.html
Venetia Featherstone-Witty replied:
Thank you so much Anita for the kind comment and the feature in "Poetic Poultry"
Lyudmila Prokopenko
Bravo!
Venetia Featherstone-Witty replied:
Thank you so much Lyudmila - took me so long to get one like this!