Tuesday, October 15, 2019,
I am often – actually almost always – about two or more weeks behind in posting my photos here at Joe Kayaker. I took this photograph last month, but even then I thought it might be a bit late in the season for these kinds of shenanigans. Obviously, this pair of Monarchs think differently. Ah, to be young again. JK
Monday, October 14, 2019,
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Friday, October 11, 2019,
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Thursday, October 10, 2019,
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Wednesday, October 9, 2019,
Hummingbirds are fast. I mean really, really fast. This hummingbird, the Ruby-throated Hummingbird, has an average of 55 wing beats per second. During mating season, when the males are showing off for their female counterparts, that number can jump as high as 200 wing beats per second. Two hundred wing beats per second! That’s amazing. They even hold a Guinness World Record for that feat.
These photos weren’t taken during mating season so this bird is probably only working those wings at a mere 55 beats per second. Even still, that’s plenty fast. All three of these photos were taken in the span of a single second. I shot them with a shutter speed of 1/1600th of a second and it still wasn’t fast enough to freeze those wings. As you can see, some blurring of the wings still occurs. Hummingbirds are fast! JK
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