“A female Amethyst-throated Sunangel (Hummingbird) sleeps in Peru. It’s likely that this bird is in the early stages of arousal from deep torpor after disturbance. The gaping of the bill might be a way to breath deeply and bring in plenty of oxygen. When they are disturbed in torpor, they try to warm up as quickly as possible and that involves intense shivering. But initially, they are too cold for high-speed muscle action so it’s hard to see the shivering movements. The high pitched squeaking sound it is making is likely a cute side-effect of the gaping for oxygen. The noise is actually a lot more quiet than it seems, for whatever reason my camera picked it up and made it sound a lot louder. This experiment was performed with the guidance and supervision of some of the top experts in tropical ornithology. This bird was not harmed whatsoever, it was fed with sugar water throughout the experiment and was released safely. After the experiment was done, I watched the bird fly away myself, it was fine.”
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How sweet… 🙂
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Isn’t she!
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Omg. Sweetest thing ever!
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🙂 She is…
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so funny, i can identify )
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🙂
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fascinating!
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It is Cindy…
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love hummingbirds.
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Me too!
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it looks like a little ball with a beak. 🙂
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She does!
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I hope you both rest well..
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She did, better than me. 😦
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This should be the most beautiful snoring in the world 🙂 Thank you dear David, have a nice weekend, love, nia
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Smiling. It is Nia. You too.
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I spent my afternoon break today taking photos of a hummer on minus degrees. Just awesome and I thought of your post.
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ahhhhh, didn’t know hummingbirds hung around in the cold, thought they migrated south. Goes to show what I know (and don’t)
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They stay here all year round in Vancouver.
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Nice!
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So cute! 🙂 I saw hummingbirds in Costa Rica. They are awesome little jewels. 🙂
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Now that’s the sweetest kind of snoring I’ve ever heard! 😉 Fascinating little piece of film! 🙂
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It is!
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