It’s not easy being a male Anna’s hummingbird: hovering with your wings moving 50 beats per second, flashing your gorget to defend the aloe, feeding every 10 minutes in order to have enough nutrition to survive, and positioning yourself in the most complicated lighting situation for the guy who’s trying to photograph you.

A male Anna’s hummingbird flashes its iridescent magenta gorget while backlit as it feeds at an orange aloe bloom
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