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    A Million Beats a Minute

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    A Million Beats a Minute
    by from Guelph CA on 25 Aug 2025
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    Tiny but ever so mighty. A ruby-throarted hummingbird visits the cottage feeder daily. In this frame I manage to capture how quickly its wings are beating. A slight shadow is captured representing the sheer speed of this tiny bird's beating wings.

    • Camera: DMC-FZ300
    • Focal: 108 mm
    • Shutter speed: 0.008 sec
    • Aperture: f/ 2.8
    tagged: hummingbird animal bird red beak vertebrate wing pollinator bird_feeder feather bird_supply

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