This beautiful scene of a hummingbird hovering in front of a purple-red flower is a common sight in the tropics. Seemingly weightless, the hummingbird, a Cinnamon Hummingbird (Amazilia rutila), sips nectar. This photo even made it into a Science article published on May 6, 2004. Ironically, in comparatively cool Germany, in a clay pit in… Continue reading Cinnamon Hummingbird for Science