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Volcano hummingbird (female)

Selasphorus flammula

Description:

The female Volcano Hummingbird is entirely responsible for nest building and incubation. She lays two white eggs in her tiny plant-down cup nest 1–5 m high in a scrub or on a root below a south or east facing bank. Incubation takes 15–19 days, and fledging another 20-26.

Notes:

spotted in ël cerro de la muerte¨

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4 Comments

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 10 years ago

Muchas gracias Luis

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Excelente serie Ismael!

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 10 years ago

Thank you jaccob

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 10 years ago

Marvelous!

Ismael Chaves
Spotted by
Ismael Chaves

San José, Costa Rica

Spotted on Feb 3, 2013
Submitted on Feb 4, 2013

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