Hummer

Hummer / Oil on black canvas / 5x7 / unframed / $68

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HERE ARE SOME COOL hummingbird facts: 

• There are more than 350 species of hummers, all in North and South America. Two species have gone extinct since hummers were recognized, in the 19th century
• The average hummer weighs about 4 grams, or 0.14 ounce. The smallest hummingbird is the bee hummingbird, which weighs about 2 grams. 
• Hummingbirds flap their wings generally 50-80 beats per second, though some flap as slowly as 12 times per second, and some as fast as 200 times, when they are diving. 
• They live three to five years on average in the wild, though some have been known to live 12 years or more. One in captivity lived to be 14. 
• They need to consume about half their body weight every day. They would starve overnight if they slept the way other birds do; they go into a state called "torpor," which is sort of like a short hibernation. 

You can find these facts and more at Discover Wildlife. com -  https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/birds/facts-about-hummingbirds/

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"I would rather die of passion than of boredom." 

- Vincent Van Gogh