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www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Allens_Hummingbird/id">Allen’s Hummingbird</a> in my garden. He is gorgeous, isn’t he? <a href="https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Allens_Hummingbird/id">At about 2–4 grams and only 3.5 inches long</a>, he is tiny but mighty.</p><p id="e0af">Here’s a little tidbit you might not know about hummingbirds — they <a href="https://www.audubon.org/news/hummingbirds-owe-their-shimmer-microscopic-pancake-structures">owe their shimmer not to pigmentation, but to tiny air pockets in their feathers.</a></p><p id="6d9e">This iridescence is similar to what gives soap bubbles, oil slicks, and some seashells their rainbow glow, and it is due to the presence of structures called <a href="https://www.audubon.org/news/hummingbirds-owe-their-shimmer-microscopic-pancake-structures">melanosomes, which are so tiny that 100 million of them can fit on a single hummingbird feather.</a></p><p id="7ce2">He, and his antics, bring me great delight throughout the day. I can see him from my kitchen sink, and he is a very, very busy boy!</p><p id="0944"><i>Erika Burkhalter is a yogi, neurophilosopher, cat-mom, photographer, and lover of travel and nature, spreading her love and amazement for Mother Earth’s glories, one photo, poem, or story at a time. (MS Neuropsychology, MA Yoga Studies).</i></p><p id="b239">You might also enjoy:</p><div id="a52e" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/splish-splash-taking-a-bath-a-tale-of-two-hummingbirds-at-my-garden-fountain-e10b7f3c4d5c"> <div> <div> <h2>Splish, Splash, Taking a Bath. A Tale of Two Hummingbirds at My Garden Fountain.</h2> <div><h3>Zooming in with my new Nikon 100–400mm (ƒ4–5.6) VR S lens</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*Bh9kkJRnAlSS3wSTLydKFQ.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a>

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“The Ferocity of Liquid Light.” Photo ©Erika Burkhalter. Nikon Z9 and a NIKKOR Z MC 105mm ƒ2.8 VR S lens.

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The Ferocity of Liquid Light — A Male Allen’s Hummingbird Defending his Feeder

March Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Movement”

Don’t you dare touch my feeder!

Little jewel, like liquid light, darting here, then out of sight —

You terrify the others with your might.

Is the nectar not enough to share?

Dividing it would be most fair.

And yet you hover in the air with a ferocity that says “don’t you dare” come near my feeder!

This is “Big Red.” He spends most of his day darting back and forth between his perch in the orange tree, the feeder, and the water fountain, where he loves to “splash, splash and take a bath.”

He’s the dominant male Allen’s Hummingbird in my garden. He is gorgeous, isn’t he? At about 2–4 grams and only 3.5 inches long, he is tiny but mighty.

Here’s a little tidbit you might not know about hummingbirds — they owe their shimmer not to pigmentation, but to tiny air pockets in their feathers.

This iridescence is similar to what gives soap bubbles, oil slicks, and some seashells their rainbow glow, and it is due to the presence of structures called melanosomes, which are so tiny that 100 million of them can fit on a single hummingbird feather.

He, and his antics, bring me great delight throughout the day. I can see him from my kitchen sink, and he is a very, very busy boy!

Erika Burkhalter is a yogi, neurophilosopher, cat-mom, photographer, and lover of travel and nature, spreading her love and amazement for Mother Earth’s glories, one photo, poem, or story at a time. (MS Neuropsychology, MA Yoga Studies).

Splish, Splash, Taking a Bath. A Tale of Two Hummingbirds at My Garden Fountain.

Zooming in with my new Nikon 100–400mm (ƒ4–5.6) VR S lens

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The Hummingbird Totem

The flash of iridescence, the hum of tiny wings moving so fast that they look like the glow of an angel, the squeal of…

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If you enjoyed this piece, you might consider subscribing to my stories. You’ll get an alert whenever a story gets published. While I do normally post my stories with free “friends” links on social media, if you enjoy reading on medium, you can help the many talented writers here by joining (that’s my affiliate link). It helps to support the arts and to keep us writing!

You might also want to check out a few other talented six word photo story writers, whom I enjoy: Jason Edmunds, Anne Bonfert, Sanghita Pal, Dennett, Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles, Rodrigo S-C, Arun, Julia A. Keirns, Penny Grubb, pockett dessert, Allisonn Church, Sandi Parsons, Hollie Petit, Ph.D., Amethyst Qu, Dr. Preeti Singh, and of course, Mary Chang Story Writer.