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The rare albino ruby-throated hummingbird, photographed in Staunton, Virginia, by Marlin Shank, age 16; Shaphan Shank, age 14; Darren Shank, age 12; and Allen Shank, age 9 (Thanks, Big Bubba):
More images and a poem below the fold. Enjoy!
The most famous poem about hummingbirds (Emily Dickinson):
A route of evanescence
With a revolving wheel;
A resonance of emerald,
A rush of cochineal;
And every blossom on the bush
Adjusts its tumbled head,--
The mail from Tunis, probably,
An easy morning’s ride.
Wow really amazing.
ReplyDeleteThat rare 'albino bird' has the highest odds against him to be caught by a predator bird.
I once (35 years ago)observed a full albino swallow, on top of it it was nesting in an old barn.
Bird watchers came from every where to see.
Beautiful.
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Never imagined an albino Hummingbird.
ReplyDeleteVery effective and nicely composed.
Lovely! Thanks, AOW
ReplyDeleteThose are some great pics. Thanks for posting them.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful little creature! So delicate, so fine-boned, so fragile -- so ALIVE.
ReplyDeleteLeave it to my friend Emily to find and make elegant use of a rare term like cochineal.
Emily, herself, was as rare and fine a specimen as the little white hummingbird.
She was small and compactly built, herself, and for many years always wore white -- nothing but white.
The little bird is quite like a picture of Emily's unique spirit come back -- not to haunt -- but to bring delight -- and wonder.
A nice break from the usual lugubrious grousing about the pressing issues of the day, indeed.
we NEED that more than we know.
~ FreeThinke
Man its been years since I've seen a hummingbird. You can buy feeders for them that you fill with some kind of reddish sweet nectar. Another thing they love is honeysuckle.
ReplyDeleteWonderful picture, and echoing others, never imagined a white hummingbird.
ReplyDeleteThat pic was taken with 4 cameras? Or by 4 kids all pushing the shutter button at the same time? Just checking. Very nice picture, though. Must have used a very high shutter speed, all those fingers on the button would have really made the camera jiggle. Or was it 4 separate.... no.
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