Scale Throated Hermit Hummingbird attracted to flower coated in sugar syrup. Hummers have possibly the highest of all metabolisms so that the sugar water is a food source, but not nutrient rich. The birds have to supplement their diets with insects.
To my surprise hummingbirds do just sit around and allow themselves to be photographed or just admired.
I dreaded my encounter with the hummingbirds; they move so fast and I move so slowly, but they were so abundant at REGUA I managed to catch a few.
